The challenge of common-pool resources

As population increases, there is an increased pressure on our environment and ecosystems to provide livable situations and ample resources. Though there have been substantial net […]

• Date of Publication: 2008
• Author(s): E. Ostrom
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Global
• Topic: Policy

Competing for coffee space: Development-induced displacement in the central highlands of Vietnam

This article investigates the impact of coffee production on ethnic equality in Vietnam. As the second largest coffee exporter in the world, coffee has been a […]

• Date of Publication: 2008
• Author(s): S. Doutriaux; C. Geisler; G. Shively
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Policy

Empoderamiento de las comunidades rurales en los Municipios de las tierras bajas para un mejor manejo de los recursos forestales

Paper proposal to explore the effects of decentralization reforms on rural communities in the Bolivian lowlands, looking in particular at whether decentralization has resulted in community […]

• Date of Publication: 2008
• Author(s): H.X. Velasquez Ecos
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Policy

Enhancing Collaborations with Government Ministries: Lessons Learned from the ENAM Project in Ghana

Abstract: To ensure sustainability of the activities that enhance feeding of animal source foods (ASF) to preschool children, it is important that the processes and products […]

• Date of Publication: January 2008
• Author(s): Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson; Ben. K. Ahunu; Esi K. Colecraft; Anna Lartey; Grace S. Marquis
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Global
• Topic: Policy

Assessing the Feasibility of Wetlands Conservation Using Payments for Ecosystem Services in Pallisa, Uganda

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• Date of Publication: 2008
• Author(s): I. Nalukenge; J. Antle; J. Stoorvogel
• Type of Document: Scholarly Article

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Policy

Stakeholder Alliance Facilitates Re-Introduction of Prescribed Fire on the Borana Plateau of Southern Ethiopia

Abstract: The implementation of a new prescribed fire program to restore bush-encroached rangelands in southern Ethiopia–and hence increase herbaceous forage supplies for livestock–is given as an […]

• Date of Publication: December 2007
• Author(s): Getachew Gebru; Solomon Desta; D. Layne Coppock; Lemma Gizachew; Dadhi Amosha; Feyissa Taffa
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Policy

Building Effective Community Participation and Stakeholder Partnerships to Promote Positive Change in the Southern Ethiopian Rangelands

Abstract: Recently there has been increased recognition that authentic community participation and creating strong inter-institutional partnerships are both important in the process of capacity building, generating […]

• Date of Publication: December 2007
• Author(s): Solomon Desta; D. Layne Coppock; Getachew Gebru; Seyoum Tezera; Dadi Amosha
• Type of Document: Research Brief

• Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
• Topic: Policy

Galeana, Fernando

• Start Date: 2007/09/01
• End Date: 2009/05/01
• University: Johns Hopkins University
• Degree: MS

• Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
• Topic: Policy

Hughes, Rebecca

• Start Date: 2007/09/01
• End Date: 2009/05/01
• University: Columbia University
• Degree: MS

• Region: US and Canada
• Topic: Policy

Biotechnologies in the Philippines: The Cost of Regulation

Abstract: Biotechnologies potentially have significant benefits for developing countries but many countries lack complete regulatory processes to allow their release. In evaluating the potential benefits of […]

• Date of Publication: 4/20/2007
• Author(s): Jessica C. Bayer
• Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation

• Region: Asia
• Topic: Food Security, Policy