Ethnopedology in central Mali
Abstract: Research was done on local classifications of soils and conceptions of soil fertility management in Madiama, the SANREM-Mali site. While the local typology reveals a […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): T. Crane
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Environmental assessments as community-based adaptive management tools
This paper discusses the historic role of environmental assessments and impact statements in development and conservation projects and their limited current use. The Sustainable Uses for […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): J. Tolisano
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Combinaison de l’experience regionale et de la gestion holistique pour la recherche d’alternatives d’amelioration de la fertilite du sol de la commune de Madiama
Abstract: Holistic Management provides a framework for diagnosing causes and prescribing General cures for natural resource degradation. In Madiama, holistic management exercises have identified the Nutrient […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): B. Traore; O. Samake; O. Badini
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Participatory conservation: Lessons from the PALOMAP study in the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador
The Introduction of the participatory paradigm took place on the basis of previous changes. In Ecuador, as in other Latin American countries, the state was forced […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): W. Ulfelder; S. Poats
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
The use of Geographic Information Systems in planning and prioritizing actions in a biogeographical unit
Fundacion para el Desarrollo de la Cordillera Volcanica Central (FUNDECOR) is a non-governmental organization based in Costa Rica. Its geographical sphere of action is the Central […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): G. Vargas
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Building capacities for integrated conservation and development: The experience of the Small Grants Program
The Small Grants Program (SGP) is part of the Global Environment Fund. The SGP provides grants to organizations whose purpose is to resolve serious environmental problems […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): P. Velasco Andrade
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Organizational strengthening for the sustainable management of natural resources in tropical rain forests
Project SUBIR has been working since 1992 in conservation and development in the lower areas of the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve (RECC). SUBIR staff implement activities in […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): J. Villacres
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Water spirits and citizens’ action: Community-based water quality monitoring in the Philippines
Global environmental policy is promoting decentralization and devolution to the local level as a key to sustainable natural resource management. Yet rates of natural resource loss […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): W. Deutsch
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Community-based water quality monitoring: From data collection to sustainable management of water resources
The following is an account of how a rural community in the Philippines worked side by side with researchers, nongovernmental and governmental workers over a five-year […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): W. Deutsch; A. Busby; J. Orprecio; J. Labis; E. Cequina
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Watershed data from the grassroots…Is it enough to capture the trends and turn the tide?
Abstract: The “Water Resource Management and Education” work plan of the SANREM/Southeast Asia program was designed to facilitate the development of community-based water monitoring teams who […]
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Author(s): W. Deutsch; J. Orprecio
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management