Farm environment, farmer knowledge and technical efficiency: An investigation among upland corn farmers in Bukidnon, Philippines
Abstract: Using a panel data (1994-1999) of upland corn farmers’ production and soil conservation practices, this paper investigates the influence of farmers’ technical and ecological knowledge […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): P. Bayacag; A. Rola
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cost-effective conservation: A review of what works to preserve biodiversity
This article discusses different approaches to biodiversity conservation, advocating for the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of direct payments over indirect payments. It is important to consider not […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): P.J. Ferraro; R.D. Simpson
- Type of Document: Newspaper Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Demographic development of Lantapan
This chapter reports on the demographic situation in Lantapan since it became a municipality. It examines population attributes such as age distribution and composition, growth rate, […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): M. Paunlagui; V. Suminguit
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Case studies of markets and innovative financial mechanisms for water services from forests
Excerpt from Introduction: This paper has been written to examine existing markets and financial mechanisms that are being used to provide hydrological services from watersheds and […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): D. Perrot-Maitre; P. Davis
- Type of Document: Research Report
Managing Natural Resources Locally: An Overview of Innovations and Ten Initial Steps for Local Governments
This publication reports on the devolution and growth in community-based resource that is taking place in the Philippines. The authors suggest effective, innovative approaches for enabling […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): E. Queblatin; D. Catacutan; D. Garrity
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Biological monitoring: A key tool in integrated conservation and development projects
One recent study of areas with high levels of biodiversity identified ten hotspots distributed over a mere 0.2 percent of the earth’s land surface (Myers 1988). […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): R. Alarcon
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Scenarios as a decision-support tool for natural resource management: Future visioning in Ecuador
Excerpt: Scenarios are not prediction, projection, forecasting, impact assessment or dialogue, instead scenarios stimulate creative ways of thinking or visioning that help stakeholders break out of […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): R. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Scientific modeling and local visions of sustainability and the future: A new method for natural resource community-based planning
After more than a decade of participatory, multi-scale, multi-objectives and multi-stakeholder sustainable agriculture and natural resource research at the watershed and landscape levels, a number of […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): R. Rhoades
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Bridging Human and Ecological Landscapes: Participatory Research and Sustainable Development in an Andean Agricultural Frontier
Table of Contents: Introduction 1. Breaking New Ground: Linking Research, Participation and Sustainable Development / Rhoades Part 1. People and Land of Nanegal: History, Migration, and […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): R. Rhoades (ed)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Tendiendo Puentes Entre Los Paisajes Humanos Y Naturales: La investigacion participativa y el desarrollo ecologico en una frontera agricola andina
DESCRIPTION: This book synthesizes the results of the SANREM program in the Nanegal parish, Pinchincha Province, Ecuador. The region, located between the Guayllabamba and Alambi rivers […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): R. Rhoades (ed)
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
