[PDF] Participatory Appraisal Of Natural Resources eBook

Author : Carl Wilmsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136560084

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Participatory research has emerged as an approach to producing knowledge that is sufficiently grounded in local needs and realities to support community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), and it is often touted as crucial to the sustainable management of forests and other natural resources. This book analyses the current state of the art of participatory research in CBNRM. Its chapters and case studies examine recent experiences in collaborative forest management, harvesting impacts on forest shrubs, watershed restoration in Native American communities, civic environmentalism in an urban neighborhood and other topics. Although the main geographic focus of the book is the United States, the issues raised are synthesized and discussed in the context of recent critiques of participatory research and CBNRM worldwide. The book's purpose is to provide insights and lessons for academics and practitioners involved in CBNRM in many contexts. The issues it covers will be relevant to participatory research and CBNRM practitioners and students the world over.

Author : Julian F. Gonsalves
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 15,97 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1552501833

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Intended for aspiring and new practitioners of Participatory Research and Development (PR&D) as well as field-based researchers in developing countries. Highlights that agricultural research and development has become a joint approach to deal with diverse biophysical environments, multiple livelihood goals, rapid changes in local and global economies, and an expanded range for stakeholders over agriculture and natural resources.

Author : Christian Castellanet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 32,82 MB
Release : 2004-06-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 113546524X

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This work evaluates the merits of a widely-used approach to natural resource management, participatory action research (PAR), an approach to resource management that strives to link researchers with farmers and other local residents whose lives are effected by long-range conservation programmes. The authors begin the book with the history of PAR, and then use a variety of case studies that chronicle sustainable development efforts in Brazil. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these efforts and suggest specific ways to improve on future PAR efforts.

Author : Julian F. Gonsalves
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1552501817

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Intended for aspiring and new practitioners of Participatory Research and Development (PR&D) as well as field-based researchers in developing countries. Highlights that agricultural research and development has become a joint approach to deal with diverse biophysical environments, multiple livelihood goals, rapid changes in local and global economies, and an expanded range for stakeholders over agriculture and natural resources.

Author : Guy Bessette
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1552502244

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In natural resource management research, best practice implies the participation of community members, research or development teams and other stakeholders to jointly identify research and development parameters and contribute to decision making. Ideally, the research or development process itself generates a situation of empowerment in which participants transform their vision and become able to take effective action. Used increasingly widely in resource management, this process is known as Participatory Development Communication (PDC).This book presents conceptual and methodological issues r.

Author : Barry Pound
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1844070263

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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Susanne Stoll-Kleemann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,51 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642071966

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Participatory Processes for Natural Resource Management Ortwin Renn University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Need for analytic-deliberative processes Inviting the public to be part of the decision making process in natural resource management has been a major objective in European and American environmental policy arenas. The US-National Academy of Sciences has encouraged environmental protection agencies to foster citizen participation and public involvement for making environmental policy making and natural resource management more effective and democratic (Stern and Fineberg 1996). The report emphasizes the need for a combination of assessment and dialogue which the authors have framed the "analytic-deliberative" approach. Unfortunately, early public involvement of the public in deliberative processes may compromise, however, the objective of efficient and effective policy implementation or violate the principle of fairness (Cross 1998, Okrent 1998). Another problem is that the public consists of many groups with different value structures and preferences. Without a systematic procedure to reach consensus on values and preferences, the public's position often appears as unclear (Coglianese 1997, Rossi 1997). Participatory processes are thus needed that combine technical expertise, rational decision making, and public values and preferences. How can and should natural resource managers collect public preferences, integrate public input into the management process, and assign the appropriate roles to technical experts, stakeholders (i. e.