Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

View details about this CRSP »

Looking at the landscape through local lenses: Integrating community values and variation in indicators of sustainability

This brief illustrates an innovative tool that enables researchers to elicit culturally relevant indicators, many of which are non-monetary and non-material. But it also shows how […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): V. Nazarea
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

Conserving biodiversity through use: Memory banking experience

Abstract: This presentation describes the memory banking methodology, program experiences, and results within the SANREM-Andes project. Based on the belief that indigenous knowledge about plants should […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): V. Nazarea; M. Piniero
  • Type of Document: Media

Priorities of stakeholder decision makers

Abstract: While land users directly manage natural resources, decisions made at local, provincial, national, regional, and global levels directly and indirectly influence agriculture and natural resource […]

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

Etude morpho-pedologique et cartographie de la Commune de Madiama, Cercle de Djenne, Mali: Rapport provisiore

Contents: Introduction I. Methodologie II. Nature Generale de la Commune (Milieu) III. Resultats References Annexes Conclusion

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): O. Badini; L. Dioni
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

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

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

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

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

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