Managing natural resources for sustainable livelihoods : uniting science and participation / / edited by Barry Pound. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetto topico: Natural resources - Management; Environmental policy
• Altri autori: PoundBarry
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods Uniting Science and Participation; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; List of Contributors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Foreword by Joachim Voss, Director General, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Uniting Science and Participation in the Process of Innovation - Research for Development; Introduction; The challenge for research; Definitions of participatory research; Adding value to resource management with participatory research ; Common principles of participatory researchChapter 2 Navigating Complexity, Diversity and Dynamism: Reflections on Research for Natural Resource Management; Introduction; The challenge: complexity, diversity and dynamism in human and natural landscapes; Traditional and participatory research: key dimensions of difference; Diversity analysis in NRM research; Putting it together: reflections on navigating the research spectrum; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Whose Research, Whose Agenda?; Introduction; Ownership at the macro level ; Building ownership at the meso level: ownership and governance of communal resources Ownership over the research process at the community level; Sustaining ownership throughout the research process; Ownership and sharing knowledge; Gender and stakeholder involvement; Motivation and ownership of technical innovation; Managing a complex process; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Scaling Up and Out; Introduction; Situating natural resource management; The challenge of synthesizing NRM knowledge; Steps to scaling up: enhancing relevance and accountability; Is participation possible on a large scale? ; Steps to scaling up: building quality partnerships Scaling up participatory NRM to the watershed level; Beyond the watershed: the continuum of scaling up and out; Ways forward; Summary; Chapter 5 Transforming Institutions to Achieve Innovation in Research and Development; Introduction; Key elements and conditions to consider when fostering institutional change; Progress and future challenges; Chapter 6 Principles for Good Practice in Participatory Research: Reflecting on Lessons from the Field; Reflecting on practice; Understanding the research context ; Towards good practice: shared learning from experience Good practice in action: five case studies; Conclusions: a framework for reflection and change; Appendix 1: Principles and indicators of good practice in PR on NRM; Appendix 2: List of indicators of good practice generated at the Chatham meeting; Chapter 7 Participatory Research, Natural Resource Management and Rural Transformation: More Lessons from the Field; Introduction: why learn lessons on participatory research?; Changing contexts of participatory research; PNRMR: why put agriculture into a resource perspective? ; Building new interfaces for NRM
• Sommario/riassunto: Management of local resources has a greater chance of a sustainable outcome when there is partnership between local people and external agencies, and agendas relevant to their aspirations and circumstances. Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods analyses and extends this premise to show unequivocally that the process of research for improving natural resource management must incorporate participatory and user-focused approaches, leading to development based on the needs and knowledge of local resource users.Drawing on extensive and highly relevant case studies, this book presents
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing natural resources for sustainable livelihoods
• ISBN: 1-136-56182-X; 9786610476084; 1-84977-189-8; 1-136-56183-8; 1-280-47608-7; 600-00-0015-4; 1-4175-2228-3; 1-280-74765-X; 9786610747658; 1-55250-071-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816155203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II