En Afrique, les zones de conservation sont implantées de plus en plus le long des frontières nationales où les activités humaines semblent moins dynamiques. En réalité, les zones frontalières sont souvent le lieu d'échanges économiques très actifs. Le présent article examine les possibilités offe...
Koning, R.G. de
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Amougou, V.
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[Commerce transfrontalier et conservation dans la région du fleuve Sangha (Cameroun, République Centrafricaine et République du Congo)]
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Commerce transfrontalier et conservation dans la région du fleuve Sangha (Cameroun, République Centrafricaine et République du Congo)
In Africa conservation areas are increasingly established along national borders where human activity seems low. In reality border areas are often vibrant places of economic interaction. This article looks at conservation opportunities and challenges posed by cross border natural resource trade i...
Koning, R.G. de
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Tieguhong, J.C.
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Amougou, V.
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[Cross-border trade and conservation in the Sangha river region (Cameroon, Central African Republic and Republic of Congo)]
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Cross-border trade and conservation in the Sangha river region (Cameroon, Central African Republic and Republic of Congo)
Accommodating multiple interests involves integrating across-highly stratified societies. Integral local development is a means of integrating across these interests through locally accountable representative authorities entrusted with public powers. It is integral to the local community because ...
Ribot, J.C.
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[Integral local development: 'accommodating multiple interests' through entrustment and accountable representation]
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Integral local development: 'accommodating multiple interests' through entrustment and accountable representation
Both decentralization and natural resource management literature suggest that natural resources could benefit from the redistribution of centralized management authority. Yet, neither has sufficiently examined the processes already underway in numerous developing countries to decentralize resourc...
Larson, A.M.
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[Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job?]
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Natural resources and decentralization in Nicaragua: are local government up to the job?
Past attempts to alleviate the problems of poor farmers engaged in mixed-crop-livestock production have generally focussed on the design and diffusion of new technologies targeted on specific components of the agroecosystem. Unfortunately, such piece-meal efforts have had little impact in the dev...
Li Pun, H.H.
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Baumgaertner, J.U.
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Greiling, J.
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Gopalan, H.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Mares, V.
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McDermott, John J.
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Odiit, M.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa]
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Linking natural resources, agriculture and human health: case studies from East Africa
Cavatassi, R.
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Gonzáles Flores, M.
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Winters, P.
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Andrade-Piedra, J.L.
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Espinosa, P.
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Thiele, Graham
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[Linking smallholders to the new agricultural economy: The case of the Plataformas de Concertacion in Ecuador.]
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Linking smallholders to the new agricultural economy: The case of the Plataformas de Concertacion in Ecuador.
Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially hav...
Sidibe, Y.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing]
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Agricultural land investments and water management in the office du Niger, Mali: options for improved water pricing
The study is being carried out to investigate the potential for applying SAT in Xaysetha district, Lao PDR and investigation the most suitable site for SAT in Xaysetha district. The methodology was used MCDA, GIS, RRA and semistructured interview to rank SAT site and investigate the physical, soc...
Xiong, K.
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Miphokasap, P.
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Jongkroy, P.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Investigation the soil aquifer treatment for domestic wastewater treatment, Xaysetha District Vientiane capital, Lao PDR]
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Investigation the soil aquifer treatment for domestic wastewater treatment, Xaysetha District Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
Adaptive management has become increasingly common where natural resource managers face complex and uncertain conditions. The collaboration required among managers and others to do adaptive management, however, is not always easy to achieve. We describe efforts to work with villagers and governme...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Iwan, R.
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Limberg, G.
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Moeliono, M.
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Rhee, S.
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Sudana, M.
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[Facilitating cooperation during times of chaos: spontaneous orders and muddling through in Malinau]
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Facilitating cooperation during times of chaos: spontaneous orders and muddling through in Malinau
We survey and evaluate selected participatory tools that have been proven effective in natural resources management and research during our extensive experience with forest communities. We first establish a framework for our analysis by identifying a set of criteria for evaluating each tool. Next...
Lynam, T.
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Jong, W. de
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Sheil, Douglas
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Kusumanto, T.
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Evans, K.
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[A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management]
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A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management