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Natural
Resource Management
Asian Fisheries Society
[http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/afs]
The Asian Fisheries Society was organized in 1984 to
enable fishery professionals in Asia to communicate, share information
and cooperate with each other. The Society's objectives are to promote
interactions among scientists; to create awareness of the importance and
means for sound utilization and conservation of aquatic resources and to
promote the establishment of national fisheries societies. Among the
networks created by AFS is the Asian
Fisheries Social Science Research Network
Australian Mekong Resource Centre
[http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/geography/mekong/]
The Australian Mekong Resource Centre is a focal
point for information, data, local studies and policy-oriented research,
discussion and debate on development and environment issues in the
Mekong Region. The Centre is inclusive of a range of interested
researchers, policy makers, members of the public, activists, and others
who can contribute to a broader understanding of contemporary change in
the Mekong Region. The Centre was established in late 1997 and is based
at the Department of Geography, University of Sydney but involves and
serves the wider community within Australia and overseas with interests
and involvement in the Mekong Region.
Can China Feed Itself? A System for Policy Options.
By Gerhard Heilig
[http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/index_s.htm]
This is a decision-support application (CD-ROM) for
planners and policymakers. It should help in the evaluation of options
for dealing with China's (future)food problems. The core of this
application is an integrated analysis of China's food prospects that
takes into account biophysical, climatic, hydrological,demographic,
social, economic, and political dimensions (see the Arguments section).
In addition, a broad range of related data sets were selected,have been
converted into tables, maps, satellite images, and charts, and are here
merged into an interactive hypertext document. Note that this is also an
interesting example of how to organize research results to reach a
non-research-oriented audience.
Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and
Rural Development (CIKARD)
[http://www.ciesin.org/IC/cikard/CIKARD.html]
CIKARD, located at at Iowa State University, focuses
its activities on preserving and using the local knowledge of farmers
and other rural people around the globe. At this site you will find a
number of online
documents, and a searchable
database with multiple related topics.
Coastal Resources Research Network (CoRR)
[http://www.dal.ca/corr/index.html]
The Coastal Resources Research Network (CoRR)
supports researchers in developing countries in their efforts to
research and promote Community Based Coastal Resources Management (CBCRM).
CoRR works with IDRC-supported projects to provide research advice,
assistance in training, information exchange, publications, progress
review and evaluation. The site includes a regular newsletter,
publications and related web links.
Eco-Research Chair - University of Victoria
[http://elp.finearts.uvic.ca]
The Eco-Research Chair seeks to make important
contributions to a program of sustainability through understanding and
promoting structural change by: 1.developing constitutional and economic
theories and models of sustainability; 2.providing directions for the
ecological transformation of resource-based industries; 3.developing new
processes/policies for sustainable cities; and 4.fostering innovative
science policies supportive of an ecological transition.
Electronic Development and Environment Information
System (Eldis)
[http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.html]
The site serves as a "gateway to information
sources on development or the environment". It provides access to:
information sources arranged by subject, key electronic information
sources on development and the environment, information sources arranged
by type of organization; information sources about specific geographical
regions / countries; libraries, newspapers and other news sources; maps;
calendars of environment / development meetings; funding sources;
general reference sources including general bookshops, electronic
journals; internet and internet search tools.
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
[http://encyclo.findlaw.com/index.html]
Conceived by the University of Ghent, Netherlands,
the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics Website is a broad-based
collection of resources pertaining to economic and legal issues
throughout the world. It is a very useful tool, showcasing a
comprehensive index of searchable bibliographic resources, this site
also includes abstracts of recent law and economics reviews. The hefty
Law and Economics Web Resources section features working papers,
bibliographies, and mailing lists. In addition, the site links to law
and economics academic programs, associations, and an array of relevant
Websites. The citations under no. II, common property, are particularly
useful for literature on institutions and natural resource management.
Food and Agriculture Organization - United Nations
[http://www.fao.org/]
The FAO aims to raise levels of nutrition and
standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better
the condition of rural populations. Also see the subsections for the Sustainable
Development Dept., the programme
in forestry, and community
forestry homepage.
Forests, Trees and People Programme & Network
(FTTP)
[http://www-trees.slu.se]
FTPP develops participatory methods and tools that
enable the involvement of local communities in forest management. The
site offers full-text access to The Forests, Trees and People
Newsletter, links to the Forest Action Network and RECOFTC in Thailand,
the FTPP network centre in Asia and the Pacific.
Gender Studies in Agriculture
[http://www.sls.wau.nl/crds/cent_gs.htm]
Outlines a number of research initiatives being
undertaken at Wageningen Agricultural University. WAU Library maintains
a searchable bibliographical
database on gender, agriculture and rural development.
GetWeb Technology
[http://unganisha.idrc.ca/getweb/]
This page details how to retrieve information (such
as web pages) from the Internet using an email account.
Indigenous Knowledge Pages
[http://www.nuffic.nl/ik-pages/]
This site provides IK Resources, selected information
and documentation presented by topic, geographical region, and source of
information, such as projects & programmes, best practices,
organisations & networks, calls, conferences, journals, articles,
mailinglists, databases and toolkits & audio-visual materials. This
is also the site to check the updated calls for research co-operation,
papers and forthcoming conferences, workshops, etc.. You can also find
the Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor online, a journal that
promotes the dissemination of local knowledge.
Institute for Development Studies
[http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/index.html]
The British
Library for Development Studies is house at IDS, as is DEVLINE,
an electronic publishing forum for development issues.
Institute for Resources and Environment (IRE) - UBC
[http://www.ire.ubc.ca/ire.html]
The Institute for Resources and Environment is an
interdisciplinary organization at the University of British Columbia.
Its role is to initiate and foster holistic approaches to issues related
to the human use of natural resources. IDRC supports a number of IRE
projects including PARDYP in Nepal which produced the CD-ROM Complex
Problems-Complex Options: preservation, degradation & rehabilitation
in a Nepalese Watershed
Institute of Asian Research (IAR) - UBC
[http://www.iar.ubc.ca]
The Institute of Asian Research is comprised of five
Centres which promote Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asia and
Southeast Asia Research. The Centre
for India and South Asia (CISAR) has recently released the papers
from The
Co-operative Management of Water Resources in South Asia Workshop
which was held December 15-16, 1997.
International Association for the Study of Common
Property (IASCP)
[http://www.indiana.edu/~iascp]
The International Association for the Study of Common
Property (IASCP), founded in 1989, is a nonprofit association devoted to
understanding and improving institutions for the management of
environmental resources that are (or could be) held or used collectively
by communities in developing or developed countries. The site contains
all the abstracts of the IASCP conference papers as well as a large
searchable database on common pool resources. The Association's
newsletter, the "Common Property Resource Digest" is now
available on-line. Click here.
International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD)
[ http://www.icimod.org.sg]
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD)'s primary objectives are to promote the development
of an economically and environmentally sound mountain ecosystem and to
improve the living standards of the mountain populations especially in
the HKH Region. In order to further these objectives ICIMOD engages in
research, information provision, training and consulting. Check out
their publications section, which includes an excellent newsletter
series (eg. #35 on mountain commons).
International Institute for Environmental Development
[http://www.iied.org/]
With a focus on issues of equity and justice, and the
rights and needs of poor people, the Institute works in an
interdisciplinary way, addressing the connections between economic
development, the environment and human needs. The Sustainable
Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme promotes sustainable
agricultural and land management practices. The Resource Centre for
Participatory Learning and Action has a a specialist collection of
information concerning participatory approaches to development. This
collection provides practical and applied information, ranging from
theory to practice, and draws from experiences from across the world,
particularly Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Centre currently holds
over 2000 documents, many of which are unpublished literature, and
features materials in more than 10 languages. We also provide an
information delivery service that responds to requests from all over the
world. A description of all the services and database for the Resource
Centre can be found here.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD)
[http://iisd1.iisd.ca/]
The site provides a wide range of resources
pertaining to sustainable development including: weekly journal reviews,
access with search engine to the sustainable development database
containing over 10,500 titles on sustainable development and related
topics. Of specific interest to CBNRM is the sub-site on the Community
Adaption and Sustainable Livelihoods (CASL) Program of IISD [http://iisd1.iisd.ca/casl/intro+defs/default.htm].
International Model Forest Secretariat
[http://www.idrc.ca/imfn/index.html]
The "Model Forest" concept is based on the
philosophy that forest ecosystems provide invaluable benefits to society
and that, in the future, these ecosystems must be managed for all values
so as to ensure that the benefits remain available for future
generations. Through the International Model Forest Program, governments
provide incentives for diverse interest groups, organizations and
government agencies to form partnerships and to develop a common vision
of the socio-economic benefits that are wanted, as well as the methods
of conservation that are needed to obtain them in particular forest
ecoregions.
International Network of Forests and Communities
[http://www.forestsandcommunities.org/]
The International Network of Forests and Communities
supports ecologically sustainable community forestry, through
information sharing, research and advocacy. The web site provides
various resources, including documents, country profiles, links and news
items.
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Library
[http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org]
The IRRI is a nonprofit agricultural research and
training center established to improve the wellbeing of rice farmers and
consumers in developing countries. This website contains a searchable
rice library,
a bibliography
on rice with more than 170,000 references in at least 80 languages, as
well as links to other libraries and resources on the web.
MekongInfo: Regional Information System on
Participatory Natural Resource Management
[http://www.MekongInfo.org]
MekongInfo is an excellent, interactive Web-based
system for sharing information and knowledge related to participatory
natural resource management in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It
also provides a web hosting service which enables organisations and
projects working in the area of nartual resource management in the
region to have their own customized web pages on the system -
free-of-charge.
NRM-Changelinks
[http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/]
NRM-Changelinks is an on-line which focuses on
improving community participation within natural resource management.
The site includes approaches, information and theory in a range of
related topics as well as full text manuals on subjects such as
participation, collaborative management and monitoring and evaluation.
The site also aims to further the role of the Internet by providing
information on how organizations can develop their own prescence on the
web.
Participatory Action Research Network (PARnet)
[http://www.parnet.org/]
This is the principal site for information on
participatory action research. It offers a searchable database on PAR
resources and links to scholarly publications online.
Participatory Initiatives
[http://www.oac.uoguelph.ca/~pi/index.html]
PI functions as a network of support for people
interested in participatory decision-making and change. PI does this by
linking people to people, information and training.
Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program
[http://www.prgaprogram.org/]
The PRGA Program develops and promotes methods and
organizational approaches for gender-sensitive participatory research on
plant breeding and on the management of crops and natural resources.
Poverty, Gender and Water: A new internet resource
from IWMI
[http://www.cgiar.org/iwmi/resprog/GPW]
The International Water Management Institute
(IWMI)
has just launched a new internet resource on poverty, gender and water.
This page is your link to useful information such as: * examples of best
practice * summaries of research results * conference and workshop
proceedings * access to IWMI publications * descriptions of current and
up-coming IWMI research projects. This page is also the gateway to the
Open Forum on Poverty, Gender and Water. The Forum is hosted by IWMI,
but driven by input from the broader Poverty, Gender and Water
community. The Forum offers several services: * a listing of over 300
gender/poverty/water titles * links to other useful sites * a partner
search function * a bulletin board for details of conferences, funding
opportunities, etc.
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
(RSPAS)
- Australian National University
[http://coombs.anu.edu.au/CoombsHome.html]
The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
provides research and postgraduate training on the Asia-Pacific region,
with particular emphasis on Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the
Southwest Pacific. Areas of study include the impact of globalisation on
local societies and cultures, urbanisation, economics, politics and
international relations, history, anthropology geography, gender and
development.
Social Capital for Development
[http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital/index.htm]
This World Bank website brings together the many
diverse resources available on the subject of social capital. It
includes full text articles, abstracts and a searchable database along
with the tools and methods for measuring social capital.
System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property
Rights(CAPRi)
[http://www.cgiar.org/capri]
The mission of the CGIAR is to contribute, through
its research, to promoting sustainable agriculture for food security in
the developing countries. The System-wide Program on Collective Action
and Property Rights(CAPRi)is one of several Inter-Center Initiatives of
(CGIAR), which seek to draw together relevant resources from multiple
centers, national research institutes, and centers of excellence, and
bring them to bear, in a coordinated manner, on a problem of global or
inter-regional importance. The overarching goal of this Programme is to
contribute to policies and practices that alleviate rural poverty by
analyzing and disseminating knowledge on the ways that Property Rights
and Collective Action institutions influence the efficiency, equity and
sustainability of natural resource use. CAPRi publishes a number of
excellent working papers, which can be accessed online under the
publications section of the web site. CAPRi also hosts a listserver
which alerts you to new working papers as they are published.
The Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and
Action (RCPLA Network)
[http://www.rcpla.org/]
The Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and
Action (RCPLA) Network unites 14 like-minded organisations around the
world. The RCPLA Network's aim is to share, exchange and promote good
quality information about participatory approaches and in particular,
draw from the long history of participation in the South and share these
experiences internationally. The RCPLA members operate both at a
regional and national level through their own networks. Through this,
and their commitment to sharing and networking around participatory
methodologies and approaches, they are able to spread information around
participation. The members also share information about activities in
their respective countries, such as training programmes, workshops and
other events happening within this field. Furthermore these centres
provide PLA information focused on the particular research fields within
which they operate. Currently there are member organisations in Bolivia,
Egypt, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal,
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda and the United Kingdom. The website
contains,amongst other things, a list of participation-related training
courses and conferences from all over the world and a virtual library of
documents which can be downloaded.
The Sustainable Livelihoods Working Paper Series from
ODI
[http://www.oneworld.org/odi/publications/susliv.html]
These working papers cover practical applications of
Sustainable Livelihood (SL) approaches within natural resources
management. The papers provide substantial case study material of varied
practical experiences, combined with reflection on the emerging findings
concerning uses of SL. Some focus on specific types of application of SL
approaches (e.g. project design, impact assessment) and some on their
application to specific sectors (e.g. water, tourism).
Water Demand Management Research Network
[http://www.idrc.ca/waterdemand/]
The IDRC office for the Middle East and North Africa
hosts a web site linking researchers working on issues of water demand
management. It includes a number of papers available online.
World Bank Group
[http://www.worldbank.org/]
The World Bank web site provides access to World Bank
data, project descriptions, publications and other resources. Of
specific interest to CBNRM is the Environmentally and Socially
Sustainable Development (ESD) site [http://www-esd.worldbank.org/],
particularly the section about the International Workshop on
Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) that took place in
Washington D.C., United States, on 10-14 May 1998 [http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/conatrem/index.htm].
Also of interest is the World Bank Participation Sourcebook [http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/sourcebook/sbpdf.htm]
which includes appendices on methods and tools for participation as well
as summaries of World Bank working papers on participation.
World Resource Institute (WRI)
[http://www.wri.org/wri/index.html]
WRI is an independent centre for policy
research and technical assistance on global environmental and
development issues. The site includes WRI websites on: Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Environmental Education, Forest Frontiers Initiative,
Forest Resources, Health and Environment, Management Institute for
Environment and Business, PCG for Africa, Sustainable Agriculture, and
Trends and Indicators. It offers a broad range of links related to on-
line resources; full text access to World Resources, an annual reference
volume on global environmental and natural resource conditions and
trends; and information on WRI publications. |
