Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Social and environmental consolidation of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Peten, Guatemala

The Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR) is an agrarian region with 90,350 inhabitants who live in 196 permanent settlements within the reservethe largest protected area in Central […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): G. Grunberg
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Impacts of changes in policy and market conditions on land use, land management and livelihood among farmers in central highlands of Vietnam

Abstract: This study Outlines the changes in agricultural policies and market conditions in Vietnam for the last 20 years characterized with gradual decentralization and integration in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Ha; P. Duc Phuoc; N. Thuy; L. Du; P. Hung; M. Espaldon; A. Magsino
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Balancing economic and environmental concerns in the uplands of Vietnam: A continuing challenge

Abstract: This paper presents results of a case study of the SANREM’s research project and two other UAF case studies in the Central Highland of Vietnam. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Ha; V. Espaldon
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

It takes a village to raise a Pigovian tax…or does it take more? Prospects for devolved watershed management in developing countries

Abstract: After years of failed attempts at centralized control over watershed management (WSM), the conventional wisdom among the donor “community” and many LDC governments themselves has […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Reconciling livelihoods and landscapes: Trade policies, labor markets, and land use in the Philippines

The authors addressed the contribution of national economic development policies to natural resource management and the possibility of achieving higher incomes for rural households while sustaining […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; A. Rola
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

How do national markets and price policies affect land use at the forest margin? Evidence from the Philippines

Deforestation, land degradation, and watershed degradation commonly result from expansion of upland agriculture in the developing countries of the tropics. This paper examines the influence of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; A. Rola; K. Kim
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Philippine development strategies, price policies and national markets: Growth, policies and upland resource use

In the rest of the paper we focus on a case study from the SANREM study site in Lantapan, Bukidnon. We first provide a brief survey […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; A. Rola; K. Kim
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Seeking sustainability: A synthesis of research in SANREM CRSP-Southeast Asia, 1993-98

Addressing site selection criteria, the NRC panel had emphasized the need to identify and work in sites that are representative of a broad crosssection of ecological […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; G. Buenavista
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Seeking Sustainability: Challenges of Agricultural Development and Environmental Management in a Philippine Watershed

Table of Contents: 1: Seeking Sustainability / Coxhead and Buenavista 2: Demographic Development of Lantapan / Paunlagui and Suminguit 3: Philippine Development Strategies, Price Policies and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; G. Buenavista (eds.)
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Enhancing Participation in Local Governance: Experiences from the Philippines

The project features a unique compilation of field-tested approaches from a wide range of local government initiatives and projects in the Philippines. All articles are based […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): IIRR, LGSP, SANREM CRSP/Southeast Asia
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article