Scenarios of sustainability: Scientific and local visions of development in a biodiversity hotspot (Ecuador)
Sustainability has been a core concept in development approaches in the 1990s. Even so, it has been largely defined in biophysical terms, such as rates of […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Rhoades; V. Nazarea-Rhoades
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Breaking new ground: Linking research, participation and sustainable development
Abstract: This chapter describes the global mission of SANREM as developing principles and methodologies for sustainable ecosystem management at multiple scales. The author then further describes […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R.E. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation concessions – concept description
Conservation concessions are a tool to make resource protection and development objectives compatible. Using this approach, government or local resources users are regularly given compensation by […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Rice
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation Concessions: A new tool for biodiversity conservation in the tropics
Abstract: Conservation of biodiversity-rich habitats presents a challenge to nations wishing to develop their natural resources for economic ends. Logging, mining and other resource-development activities offer […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): R. Rice
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Economic development, watershed health and water policy
Economic growth and population increase brings about increases in water demand. The major user of water in the Philippines is the agriculture sector, followed by the […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): A. Rola
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Does nonfarm job growth encourage or retard soil conservation in Philippine uplands?
This paper examines the impacts that growth in nonfarm job opportunities may have on agricultural practices in the Philippine uplands. One possible scenario is that the […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): A. Rola; I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Linking economic policy and environmental outcomes at a watershed scale
This paper evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of four types of policy changes that aim to enhance sustainability of upland farming. The policies assessed are […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): G. Shively; C. Zelek
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Testing the link between public intervention and food price variability: Evidence from rice markets in the Philippines
This paper applies a model of food price variability to examine the outcomes of government interventions in the rice market in the Philippines. The authors describe […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): G. Shively; E. Martinez; W. Masters
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
Grounded in the landscape: Eliciting farmers’ understanding of soil and soil fertility, Mali (West Africa)
In order to develop convincing messages and sustainable interventions, it is necessary to understand how farmers themselves perceive soil conditions and how these perceptions influence their […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): T. Crane
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Techniques de conservation et d’amelioration de la fertilite des terres cultivees en zone sahelienne au Mali: Synthese bibliographique
Coming soon
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): B. Traore
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
