A bioeconomic rationale for the expansion of tree planting by upland Philippine farmers
The timber scarcity in the Philippines has created a market demand that is providing incentive for upland farmers to plant timber species either in all-tree stands […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): T. Nissen; D. Midmore
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Markets, Natural Resource Management
A model for water resource governance for the Philippines
This is an attempt to apply a model of forest governance on water resource governance based on a previous work on adaptive collaborative management (ACM) and […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): B. Malayang
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Addressing the water resource management issue
The rapid growth in demand for water by the agricultural, industrial and household sectors will place greater pressure on Philippine water supplies in the future. Among […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): J. Orprecio; A. Rola; W. Deutsch; I. Coxhead; A. Sumbalan
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Is there still a need to legislate? A water policy agenda for the Philippines
This paper Outlines the recommended policy agenda for water governance in the Philippines based on the various papers written under a joint research project on water […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): A. Contreras
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Establishing an institutional infrastructure for improved ENRM: The local Environment and Natural Resources Office
Excerpt: In this issue we cover the topic on effecting a full devolution of environmental management functions to LGU’s by creating the local Environment and Natural […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): D. Catacutan; A. Tabbada; C. Duque
- Type of Document: Research Report
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Setting quality standards for environmental management policy: How effective is it?
In the face of continuing environmental degradation in the Philippines brought about by, among other causes, urbanization and industrialization, it is important to ask what has […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): D. Elazegui
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Why watershed-based water management makes sense
The alarming increase in the scarcity of water in various parts of the world has focused global attention on the need for a stronger and more […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): H. Francisco
- Type of Document: Research Brief
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Landcare on the poverty-protection interface in an Asian watershed
This paper presents an integrated approach to natural resource management (INRM) that addresses both conservation of biodiversity and development to increase incomes and well-being in impoverished, […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): D. Garrity; V. Amoroso; S. Koffa; D. Catacutan; G. Buenavista; C. Fay; W. Dar
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy
Development and the upland resource base: economic and policy context, and lessons from a Philippine watershed
This paper examines the complex, non-linear relationships between economic growth and environmental degradation that are apparent in the variety of experiences in the recent history of […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): I. Coxhead
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management
Development policies, resource constraints, and agricultural expansion on the Philippine land frontier
This paper addresses the interactions between development policies and upland agriculture expansion with a model of household-level responses to economic and technical factors, based on characteristics […]
- Date of Publication: 2002
- Author(s): I. Coxhead; G. Shively; X. Shuai
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Asia
- Topic: Natural Resource Management, Policy