Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Development strategy, poverty, and deforestation in the Philippines

Most thinking on poverty and deforestation in developing countries does so in terms of the influence of one on the other, in either direction. However, the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; S. Jayasuriya
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Review of developments of environmental services markets in Sri Lanka

Summary: Sri Lanka holds great potential for developing PES and environmental service markets. It is however a relative new concept and improving awareness and building institutional […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): M. Kallesoe; D. De Alvis
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Capability building for NRM: The participatory landscape appraisal (PLLA) training on the communities in Bukidnon

This presentation covers the PLLA training program conducted among community leaders (barangay officials) and sectoral representatives of the barangay.

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): F. Magdato; J. Arances; L. Ledres
  • Type of Document: Media

Updates on our understanding of the impacts of land use and farming practices on biophysical outcomes in the tropical uplands of Mindanao, the Philippines

The authors describe the approaches used: 1. Present data on land use at catchment scale (1994, 2002); Erosion mitigation at plot level; Tree biomass; Potential and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): D. Midmore; A. Dano; T. Nissen; D. Poudel; G. Zhu
  • Type of Document: Media

Policy analysis for watershed management: A trainer’s manual

DESCRIPTION: This training manual aims to enhance the capabilities of the staff of the Local Government Units and other potential parties in conducting policy analysis for […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): M. Paunlagui; A. Rola
  • Type of Document: Not Available

Social capital and community-based water management: A case study in Bukidnon

This presentation seeks to address whether building social capital through policy and other incentives can affect the state of the environment. “Social capital” is operationalized into […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): M.M. Paunlagui; A.C. Rola; M.R. Nguyen
  • Type of Document: Media

Rewards for environmental services in the Philippines uplands: Constraints and opportunities for institutional reform

Summary: This study examined the policy context and institutional arrangements guiding the payment of rewards and incentives for environmental services (ES) in the Philippines. The review […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): R.R. Boquiren
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Development policies, institutions and the environment in the uplands of southeast Asia

Outline of Presentation: Framework of analysis Economy-environmental linkages Institutional Context of environmental management Decentralization and environmental management Decentralized resource management in a Philippine municipality Study site […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): A. Rola; I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Media

Realities of the watershed management approach: The Manupali Watershed experience

This paper will describe the current management strategies in the Manupali watershed aimed for both the economic and environmental sustainability. In Section II, we describe the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): A. Rola; A. Sumbalan; V. Suminguit
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Winning the Water Wars: watersheds, water policies and water institutions

Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Toward a Win-Win Water Management Approach in the Philippines / Rola and Francisco Chapter 2: Watershed-Based Water Management Strategy: Why Push […]

  • Date of Publication: 2004
  • Author(s): A. Rola; J. Liguton; H. Francisco (eds)
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article