Saving a river: Why do local governments matter?
This paper evaluates the sufficiency and local implementation of river management laws in the Philippines. The assessment is that although there are enough policies and regulations, […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): A. Rola; C. Tabien
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Soil conservation decisions and non-farm economic conditions: A study of the rural labor market in the Philippine uplands of Bukidnon
In Chap. 4 the authors hypothesize that non-farm opportunities will reduce family labor input in farm operations even in a relatively remote upland area. This, we […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): A. Rola; I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
Global water watch in the Andes
Abstract: An “offspring” of SANREM Philippines experience, the Water Resources Management and Environmental Education activity in the Andes is approaching problems of water through community-based, participatory […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): S. Ruiz-Cordova; B. Duncan
- Type of Document: Media
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Impact of SANREM CRSP/Southeast Asia on PCARRD and the Philippine NARRS
In Chap. 13 the authors discuss the relationship between SANREM/CRSP Southeast Asia, the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) and […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): R. Serrano; B. del Rosario
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Poverty, consumption risk, and soil conservation
This paper applies a stochastic dynamic model to examine the influence of poverty and consumption risk on the incentives for low-income farms to invest in soil […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): G. Shively
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The double task of institutional strengthening and executing project activities simultaneously with local partners
Critical elements of integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects include protecting the environmental integrity of a geographic area over the long term, improving the economic security […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): J. Stallings; M. Garcia
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Conservation and management of watershed and natural resources: Issues in the Philippines, the Bukidnon experience
There has been a continuing shift in the management of watershed and natural resources in the Philippines. Stakeholders such as local communities, LGUs, indigenous people, and […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The Bukidnon experience in natural resource management decentralization
Abstract: The Province of Bukidnon in north-central Mindanao is the largest of Region X and the eight largest in the country sits on the 829,378 hectares […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Closing the gap between natural resource management research and policy-making: Reflections from the Manupali watershed and beyond
Abstract: The search for practical solutions in arresting environmental degradation in the developing countries has been the impetus behind catalyzed the creation of development of mechanisms […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): A. Sumbalan; G. Buenavista
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Economic crisis, small farmer well being, and forest cover change in Indonesia
Abstract: Field research was conducted on 1,050 Indonesian households to understand the effects of the Asian economic crisis on the well-being of small farmers outside of […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): W. Sunderlin; A. Angelsen; D. Resosudarmo; A. Dermawan; E. Rianto
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management