Policy

Development of Alternatives to the Use of Freshwater Low Value Fish for Aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Basin of Cambodia and Vietnam: Implications for Livelihoods, Production and Markets

Part of the AquaFish Project: Development of Alternatives to the Use of Freshwater Low Value Fish for Aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Basin of Cambodia and […]

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Development of Alternatives to the Use of Freshwater Low Value Fish for Aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Basin of Cambodia and Vietnam: Implications for Livelihoods, Production and Markets.

Part of the AquaFish Project: Development of Alternatives to the Use of Freshwater Low Value Fish for Aquaculture in the Lower Mekong Basin of Cambodia and […]

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Community organizing for natural resource management: Strategies for mitigating farmer-pastoralist conflict through decentralized governance

This chapter describes how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local institutions are addressing the issues of decentralization, natural resource management (NRM), and ethnic conflicts in the Inland […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): M. Bertelsen; S. Cisse; K.M. Moore; A. Toure
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Governance of landscape systems: A dinner party approach

This chapter creates an extended metaphor comparing the governance of landscape systems to a dinner party. Common themes of both of these include collaboration, proper etiquette, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): C.B. Flora; A. Thiboumery
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Comparing forest decentralization and local institutional change in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico and Uganda

Abstract: In this paper we assess the institutional and environmental impacts of forest decentralization policies in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, and Uganda. Although decentralization is often described […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): E. Coleman; F. Fleischman; J. Bauer
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Can forest sector devolution improve rural livelihoods? An analysis of forest income and institutions in western Uganda

Abstract: Forest sector devolution is widely promoted throughout the low income tropics as a policy that leads to poverty reduction. However, there is a dearth of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): P. Jagger
  • Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

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Decentralization reforms and property rights: Potentials and puzzles for forest sustainability and livelihoods

This presentation provides an overview of the SANREM research regarding decentralization reform and property rights in forest management. Realizing that decentralization reform often falls short of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): R. Meinzen-Dick; K. Andersson; E. Ostrom
  • Type of Document: Media

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Property right regimes and sustainable forest management: Lessons from fourteen years of monitoring of forest resources in Uganda

In Sub-Saharan Africa, deforestation and forest degradation have been the major problems facing natural forest resource management. Lack of clearly defined and enforced property rights, leading […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): J. Namaalwa; A. Banana; W. Gombya-Ssembajwe
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: A Policy Perspective

Outline: Agriculture and Natural Resources: An Overview – Agricultural Expansion and Deforestation – Land Degradation and Soil Erosion – Water Use and Management – Externalities from […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): G. Shively; D. Birur
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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Policy changes, input supply liberalization, and missing markets: Evidence from smallholder farms in Malawi

In this study, the effects of recent policy changes in Malawi are examined. A survey of 800 Malawian farms from 1997-1998 was used to determine the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2009
  • Author(s): G.E. Shively
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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