Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Competing for coffee space: Development-induced displacement in the central highlands of Vietnam

This article investigates the impact of coffee production on ethnic equality in Vietnam. As the second largest coffee exporter in the world, coffee has been a […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): S. Doutriaux; C. Geisler; G. Shively
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Empoderamiento de las comunidades rurales en los Municipios de las tierras bajas para un mejor manejo de los recursos forestales

Paper proposal to explore the effects of decentralization reforms on rural communities in the Bolivian lowlands, looking in particular at whether decentralization has resulted in community […]

  • Date of Publication: 2008
  • Author(s): H.X. Velasquez Ecos
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

CCRA-2: Watershed Modeling and Assessment

The goal of this activity is to enhance the impact of SANREM CRSP’s LTRA projects by providing technical support and a comparative framework in watershed modeling […]

  • Start Date: 2007
  • End Date: 2009
  • Project Code: CCRA-2
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A diagnostic approach for going beyond panaceas

This document addresses the failure of panaceas to solve the issue of resource destruction over various socio-ecological systems (SESs). The article claims that organization of successful […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): E. Ostrom
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Agricultural subsidies and forest pressure in Malawi’s Miombo woodlands

Abstract: This paper examines impacts of an agricultural subsidy program on forest pressure in Malawi. Using household survey data, we measure the effect on forest product […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): M. Fisher; G. Shively
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

An analytical agenda for the study of decentralized resource regimes

Abstract: This paper seeks to shed new light on the study of decentralized natural resource governance by applying institutional theories of polycentricity – the relationships among […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): K. Andersson; E. Ostrom
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Institutional arrangements for managing forest resources in Uganda following decentralization of the forest sector

Policy brief describing the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in forestry following forest decentralization.

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): A. Banana
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

Decentralized governance and ecological health: Why local institutions fail to moderate deforestation in Mpigi district of Uganda

Paper examining the effectiveness in managing forests of local institutions put in place during decentralization reforms of the mid-1990s in Mpigi District of Uganda.

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): A. Banana; N. Vogt; J. Bahati; W. Gombya-Ssembajjwe
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Resolving conflict and promoting certification in Bolivian brazil nut stands

Newsletter story from the Poverty Environment Network Program of the Center for International Forestry Research about a PEN study funded as cost-share for SANREM. Household data […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): A. Duchelle
  • Type of Document: Newsletter

Natural resource conflicts in the Western Amazon: Implications for community management of non-timber forest products

Abstract of a presentation at the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Conference in Mexico (in English) outlining preliminary research results as an invited speaker […]

  • Date of Publication: 2007
  • Author(s): A. Duchelle; P. Cronkleton; K. Kainer
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article