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Communities, Livelihoods, and Natural Resources - Action Research and Policy Change in Asia (Paperback)
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Communities, Livelihoods, and Natural Resources - Action Research and Policy Change in Asia (Paperback)
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This book presents cases from some of the poorest parts of Asia to
illustrate how local innovations in participatory natural resource
management can strengthen livelihoods, build capacity for local
governance, and spark policy change. The book synthesizes results
from a seven-year programme of applied research on community-based
approaches to natural resource management in Asia. By presenting
field reports of innovative approaches to poverty reduction and
sustainable resource use, it provides practitioners with models of
'good practice' in participatory, community-based resource
management, and it demonstrates how site-based research contributes
to broader learning in the field of natural resource management and
policy. The book features a foreword by Dr David Kaimowitz (a well
known authority in the forestry field and former Director-General
of CIFOR) and 11 case studies from some of the most marginal areas
of rural China, Mongolia, Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia, the
Philippines, and Bhutan. The cases (each one authored by local
researchers) illustrate lessons derived from the application of a
participatory action research framework that engaged resource
users, local governments, and researchers in collaborative
learning. They illustrate practical innovations to strengthen
livelihoods through improved collective resource management
practices and broader technology choices. These experiences point
to changes in well-being and empowerment for the rural poor. The
comparative assessment and syntheses across cases demonstrate how
local successes have led to reconsideration of policy assumptions,
and to new ways of approaching rural poverty reduction, resource
management, and local governance. The volume concludes that
positive outcomes demonstrated in the participatory research cases
come largely from practices of shared, adaptive learning through
field-based assessment and action. Stephen R. Tyler is President,
Adaptive Resource Management Ltd. He directed a program of action
research for Community-Based NRM in Asia for 7 years, as program
team leader with the International Development Research Centre
(IDRC) and has worked with partners throughout Asia on applied
research in the field of environment and development for 16 years.
He served as consultant to Asian Development Bank, World Bank,
CIDA, and other international organizations and has a PhD in City
and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley.
'...brings together an impressive set of action research studies
[that] are clearly written and understandable. Both researchers and
practitioners concerned with rural development will find the book
to be a valuable source of lessons and inspiration.' Ruth
Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy
Research Institute. 'This book is a timely contribution...[It] is
particularly valuable since it contains a synthesis of actual field
experiences derived from over 75 research projects...and should be
widely read and used both by professional scholars and policy
makers.' Professor M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, National Commission
on Farmers, Government of India.
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