Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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Technical innovations and institution-building for upland development: The case of Landcare in the Philippines

Abstract: ICRAF has been conducting research on contour hedgerow systems for the past decade in Claveria, Misamis Oriental and Lantapan, Bukidnon in northern and central Mindanao, […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D.C. Catacutan; A.R. Mercado, Jr.
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

From awareness to attitude to action: An iterative approach to evaluating impacts of NRM projects

This brief illustrates how environmental projects can respond to donors’ demands for evidence of impacts in the early stages of their implementation, before longer-term improvements in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): G. Buenavista
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

Conclusions

Concluding chapter summarizing the process of natural resources management in the Lantapan watershed.

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): G. Buenavista; I. Coxhead
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Innovations in participatory watershed resource management to conserve tropical biodiveristy

This paper reviews the experience of the Biodiversity Consortium at the Philippine site in conducting research to develop tools and approaches to improve biodiversity conservation with […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Garrity; V. Amoroso; S. Koffa; D. Catacutan
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Integrated natural resources management on the poverty-protection interface in an Asian watershed

Abstract: There are serious methodological and policy hurdles to be overcome in effective integrated natural resource management that alleviated poverty while protecting environmental services in tropical […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Garrity; V. Amoroso; S. Koffa; D. Catacutan; G. Buenavista; P. Fay; W. Dar
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Impacts of changes in policy and market conditions on land use, land management and livelihood among farmers in central highlands of Vietnam

Abstract: This study Outlines the changes in agricultural policies and market conditions in Vietnam for the last 20 years characterized with gradual decentralization and integration in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Ha; P. Duc Phuoc; N. Thuy; L. Du; P. Hung; M. Espaldon; A. Magsino
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Balancing economic and environmental concerns in the uplands of Vietnam: A continuing challenge

Abstract: This paper presents results of a case study of the SANREM’s research project and two other UAF case studies in the Central Highland of Vietnam. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): D. Ha; V. Espaldon
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

It takes a village to raise a Pigovian tax…or does it take more? Prospects for devolved watershed management in developing countries

Abstract: After years of failed attempts at centralized control over watershed management (WSM), the conventional wisdom among the donor “community” and many LDC governments themselves has […]

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

Reconciling livelihoods and landscapes: Trade policies, labor markets, and land use in the Philippines

The authors addressed the contribution of national economic development policies to natural resource management and the possibility of achieving higher incomes for rural households while sustaining […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; A. Rola
  • Type of Document: Research Brief

How do national markets and price policies affect land use at the forest margin? Evidence from the Philippines

Deforestation, land degradation, and watershed degradation commonly result from expansion of upland agriculture in the developing countries of the tropics. This paper examines the influence of […]

  • Date of Publication: 2001
  • Author(s): I. Coxhead; A. Rola; K. Kim
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article