An analysis of commercial vegetable farms in relation to sustainability in the uplands of Southeast Asia
This paper examines the factors limiting vegetable crop yields in the uplands of Southeast Asia. A survey of farms and soil sampling conducted in the upper […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): D. Poudel; D. Midmore; W. Hargrove
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Assessing SANREM’s impacts in Lantapan: Results of a survey
Abstract: In this paper we report on a project impact study conducted at the Lantapan, Philippines field site of the SANREM CRSP project. To substitute for […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): G. Buenavista; I. Coxhead; K. Kim
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Review of Collaborative Management Arrangements for Mt. Elgon National Park
This paper reviews the negotiation and implementation of two trial collaborative management agreements that were negotiated between the Park management and the communities of two Parishes […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): D. Hinchley; L. Turyomurugyendo; K. Stonewall
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
C Far Project: Opportunities and constraints to using seasonal precipitation forecasting to improve agricultural production systems and livelihood security in the Sahel-Sudan Region: A case study of Burkina Faso
Abstract: This 3-year, multi-disciplinary research project, which started in June 1997, aims to better understand how regional and national institutions, and farm families in the semi-arid […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): P.H. Kirshen; K.T. Ingram
- Type of Document: Not Available
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Decentralizing natural resource management: Emerging lessons from ICRAF collaboration in southeast Asia
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to share some emerging lessons concerning decentralization and devolution of forest management in Southeast Asia, drawing upon the collaborative […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): C. Lai; D. Catacutan; A. Mercado
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Cultural Memory and Biodiversity
Virginia Nazarea addresses the incompleteness of preserving biodiversity of agricultural crops through seed and genebanks, suggesting that preserving the cultural memory associated with the conserved species […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): V. Nazarea
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Defining indicators which make sense to local people: Intra-cultural variation in perceptions of natural resources
Abstract: This article presents a method and a case study based on an applied ethnoecology approach and utilizing an adaptation of the Thematic Apperception Test. Pictures […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): V. Nazarea; R. Rhoades; E. Bontoya; G. Flora
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Soil development and productivity and erosion management of steepland volcanic-ash derived soils for sustainable vegetable production in Mindanao, The Philippines
Highland vegetable systems in the Manupali watershed, Mindanao, the Philippines are important to supplement the demand for fresh vegetables in lowland cities, but the sustainability of […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): D. Poudel
- Type of Document: Thesis or Dissertation
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Community partnership in the Richtersveld National Park (South Africa)
Abstract: The Richtersveld National Park lies in the north-western corner of South Africa and represents one of the major ecological areas not protected by the national […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): R. Robinson
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Financial innovations for biodiversity: The Swiss Experience
Overview: In Switzerland, the issue of biodiversity protection is addressed through several sectoral policies. This paper analyzes two cases of sectoral policies: ecological direct payments, which […]
- Date of Publication: 1998
- Author(s): O. Schelske
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Europe and Eurasia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
