Communities Livelihoods And Natural Resources Action Research And Policy Change In Asia

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552502303

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Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

This book synthesizes results from a 7-year programme of applied research on community-based approaches to natural resource management in Asia. By presenting field reports of innovative approaches to poverty reduction and sustainable resource use, it provides practitioners with models of ""good practice"" in participatory, community-based resource management, and it demonstrates how site-based research contributes to broader learning in the field of natural resource management and policy. There are 11 case studies featured, from some of the most marginal areas of rural China, Mongolia, Laos, V.

Author : Stephen Tyler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : OCLC:895774622

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Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources Action Research and Policy Change in Asia by Stephen Tyler Pdf

Author : Stephen R. Tyler
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781552503461

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Comanagement of Natural Resources by Stephen R. Tyler Pdf

The developing worldOCOs poorest people live in marginal, often harsh rural environments. The natural resource base tends to be fragile and highly vulnerable to over exploitation. Yet these rural people depend directly on access to the food, forage, fuel, fibre, water, medicines, and building materials provided by local ecosystems. What types of natural resource management (NRM) can improve the livelihoods of these poor people while protecting or enhancing the natural resource base they depend on? New approaches to NRM are needed OCo ones that move beyond the earlier narrow focus on productivity (such as crop yields), to include social, institutional, and policy considerations."

Author : Julian F. Gonsalves,Priyanka Mohan
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Climate change mitigation
ISBN : 9788171889044

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Strengthening Resilience in Post-disaster Situations by Julian F. Gonsalves,Priyanka Mohan Pdf

To mitigate, develop, and improve the lives of those vulnerable to intense natural disasters, climate change, and food insecurity, many agencies are funding and implementing diverse activities from reconstruction to rehabilitation, and this book presents the lessons and impacts from a collection of these projects. It describes concepts, strategies, processes, and tools in such a way that they can be easily replicated and shared with a wider audience. This study explains that mid- to long-term interventions, strategies, and practical approaches in particular are being designed and adopted to build the resilience of the poor. It describes valuable practical experiences and lessons from the field, capturing a range of interventions from implementing agencies involved in post-disaster rehabilitation. It is comprised of 79 papers grouped into four sections: coastal threats and challenges in South Asia; disaster risk reduction and the combining of resilience, mitigation, and adaptation; pathways for building the capacity of vulnerable communities to withstand and rebuild from natural disasters; and real-life postdisaster rehabilitation and resilience-building projects that have led to positive change at the community level. This is an exceptional resource for anyone concerned with disaster management and rehabilitation work, including students, researchers, policymakers, and members of nongovernmental organizations.

Author : E. Lisa F. Schipper,Jessica Ayers,Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Atiq Rahman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136252365

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Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change by E. Lisa F. Schipper,Jessica Ayers,Hannah Reid,Saleemul Huq,Atiq Rahman Pdf

As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by increasing funds and frameworks for action, there are mounting questions over how to ensure the needs of vulnerable people on the ground are met. Community-based adaptation (CBA) is one growing proposal that argues for tailored support at the local level to enable vulnerable people to identify and implement appropriate community-based responses to climate change themselves. Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Scaling it up explores the challenges for meeting the scale of the adaptation challenge through CBA. It asks the fundamental questions: How can we draw replicable lessons to move from place-based projects towards more programmatic adaptation planning? How does CBA fit with larger scale adaptation policy and programmes? How are CBA interventions situated within the institutions that enable or undermine adaptive capacity? Combining the research and experience of prominent adaptation and development theorists and practitioners, this book presents cutting edge knowledge that moves the debate on CBA forward towards effective, appropriate, and ‘scaled-up’ adaptive action.

Author : Walter Leal Filho
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642311109

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Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management by Walter Leal Filho Pdf

​There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of adaptation to climate variability and climate change. However, there is now wide recognition of the need to incorporate disaster risk management concerns in dealing with such phenomena. There is also a growing awareness of the necessity for a multi-sectoral approach in managing the effects of climate variability and climate change, since this can lead to a significant reduction of risk. This book presents the latest findings from scientific research on climate variation, climate change and their links with disaster risk management. It showcases projects and other initiatives in this field that are being undertaken in both industrialised and developing countries, by universities and scientific institutions, government bodies, national and international agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders. Finally, it discusses current and future challenges, identifying opportunities and highlighting the still unrealised potential for promoting better understanding of the connections between climate variation, climate change and disaster risk management worldwide.

Author : Hemant R. Ojha,Andy Hall,Rasheed Sulaiman V.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415696531

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Adaptive Collaborative Approaches in Natural Resource Governance by Hemant R. Ojha,Andy Hall,Rasheed Sulaiman V. Pdf

The contexts range from farmer field schools, to floodplain management and community forestry.

Author : Darren Swanson,Suruchi Bhadwal
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788132101475

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Creating Adaptive Policies by Darren Swanson,Suruchi Bhadwal Pdf

This title describes the concept of adaptive policymaking and presents seven tools for developing such policies. Based on hundreds of interviews with people impacted by policy and research of over a dozen policy case studies, this book serves as a pragmatic guide for policymakers by elaborating on these seven tools.

Author : Ernest T. Stringer
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483320731

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Action Research by Ernest T. Stringer Pdf

The Fourth Edition of Ernest T. Stringer’s best-selling Action Research offers easy-to-follow, clear guidelines that enable novice practitioner researchers to move comfortably through a process of inquiry and applied research. Featuring real-life examples and providing effective solutions that foster understanding of research procedures in real-life contexts, the book offers a simple but highly effective model for approaching action research: Look: building a picture and gathering information, Think: interpreting and explaining, and Act: resolving issues and problems. Using his own experience as a guide, Stringer encourages readers to grapple with the broader political and ethical challenges that frame each inquiry. The author’s engaging style makes the book especially relevant to those working with children, young adults, or people in community contexts, and is particularly relevant to those dealing with issues of diversity or with marginalized and disenfranchised groups. Clear, concise, and practical, Stringer’s accessible and engaging book is a must for students and professionals in educational, business, health, counseling, and social work settings.

Author : Kenneth Ruddle,Arif Satria
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048195558

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Managing Coastal and Inland Waters by Kenneth Ruddle,Arif Satria Pdf

Besides the erroneous assumption that tropical fisheries are ‘open access’, the cases demonstrate that pre-existing systems (1) are concerned with the community of fishers and ensuring community harmony and continuity; (2) involve flexible, multiple and overlapping rights adapted to changing needs and circumstances; (3) that fisheries are just one component of a community resource assemblage and depend on both the good management of linked upstream ecosystems and risk management to ensure balanced nutritional resources of the community; and (4) pre-existing systems are greatly affected by a constellation of interacting external pressures.

Author : Bhuwon Sthapit,Hugo Lamers,Ramanatha Rao,Arwen Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317636212

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Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity by Bhuwon Sthapit,Hugo Lamers,Ramanatha Rao,Arwen Bailey Pdf

Farmers have developed a range of agricultural practices to sustainably use and maintain a wide diversity of crop species in many parts of the world. This book documents good practices innovated by farmers and collects key reviews on good practices from global experts, not only from the case study countries but also from Brazil, China and other parts of Asia and Latin America. A good practice for diversity is defined as a system, organization or process that, over time and space, maintains, enhances and creates crop genetic diversity, and ensures its availability to and from farmers and other users. Drawing on experiences from a UNEP-GEF project on "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild and Cultivated Tropical Fruit Tree Diversity for Promoting Livelihoods, Food Security and Ecosystem Services", with case studies from India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the authors show how methods for identifying good practices are still evolving and challenges in scaling-up remain. They identify key principles effective as a strategy for mainstreaming good practice into development efforts. Few books draw principles and lessons learned from good practices. This book fills this gap by combining good practices from the research project on tropical fruit trees with chapters from external experts to broaden its scope and relevance.

Author : Örjan Bodin,Christina Prell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139496575

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Social Networks and Natural Resource Management by Örjan Bodin,Christina Prell Pdf

Social Network Analysis (SNA), a quantitative approach to the study of social relations, has recently emerged as a key tool for understanding the governance of natural resources. Bringing together contributions from a range of researchers in the field, this is the first book to fully explore the potential applications of SNA in the context of natural resource management. Topics covered include the role of SNA in stakeholder selection; improving fisheries management and conservation; the effect of social network ties on public satisfaction and agrarian communication networks. Numerous case studies link SNA concepts to the theories underlying natural resource governance, such as social learning, adaptive co-management and social movements theory. Reflecting on the challenges and opportunities associated with this evolving field, this is an ideal resource for students and researchers involved in many areas of natural resource management, environmental biology, sustainability science and sociology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Livestock Sector Training Needs Assessment Report for Southeast Asia, China and Papua Guinea by Anonim Pdf

Author : Raza Ullah,Shubhechchha Sharma,Inoue Makoto,Sobia Asghar,Ganesh Shivakoti
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323897983

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Natural Resource Governance in Asia by Raza Ullah,Shubhechchha Sharma,Inoue Makoto,Sobia Asghar,Ganesh Shivakoti Pdf

Natural Resource Governance in Asia: From Collective Action to Resilience Thinking identifies key leverage points where interventions can be made surrounding current and future impacts of ongoing environmental and sociopolitical challenges. The book utilizes case studies from Asia, a key demographic for natural resource management, that can be applied globally in understanding solutions and the current state of knowledge in natural resource dynamics. Users will find valuable sections on community forestry and socioecological systems, community irrigation, competing water demand, robustness issues, climate change, and natural resource dynamics and challenges. This interdisciplinary tome on the topic is invaluable to researchers and policymakers alike. Combines collective action and resilience thinking to help readers understand complex issues and challenges in natural resource management Presents methods and case studies to validate theory in practice Includes up-to-date research applied to current issues to address both current and future risks and uncertainties

Author : Ronnie Vernooy
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : 9788175966017

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Learning from the Field by Ronnie Vernooy Pdf

The book draws on the personal experiences of the authors and the findings of the action research that guided the process.