Features
Global fisheries collapse to hit Africa first: African waters among most likely to experience collapsing fisheries due to overfishing and poor management. read...
CBCRM RC and NFR statement on the oil spill: The Petron/Solar 1 oil spill shows the failure of corporations to concretize their social responsibility and of government to perform its regulatory functions. read...
E-group discussion on learning communities plus summary: Blog records the postings of RC fellows and participants from the IASCP conference in Oaxaca, Mexico. read...
W-T-O spells emptier oceans: Resource Center's statement on the WTO HK Ministerial Meeting. read...
Post-tsunami regional consultation: Report on the Colombo post-tsunami regional consultation, 15-17 June 2005. read...
OD Research Report: Survey of frameworks and experiences of OD work in the Philippines. read...
Welcome to the CBNRM LC Gateway to Online Resources on Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM)
In line with its efforts aimed at sharing and disseminating knowledge in CBNRM, one of the CBNRM Learning Center's recent activities has been the development of a gateway to online resources on various key aspects of the community-based approach to natural resources management. This gateway provides a guide to the CBNRM LC's downloadable resources as well as to other materials currently available on the web.
Featured resource
INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY A Guide to Participatory Development Communication
by Guy Bessette, Southbound, IDRC 2004, 162 pp.
This guide is intended for people working in research and development. It introduces participatory development communication concepts, discusses the effective two-way communication approaches, and presents a methodology to plan, develop and evaluate communication strategies. Guy Bessette is a senior program specialist for Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in the area of environment and natural resources management. Dr. Bessette specializes in development communication and participatory development. Involving the Community is a free online book available and downloadable (HTML format) on the IDRC website (www.idrc.ca). read full text...
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Accounting a decade or so of CBCRM: Impacts, trends and challenges
by Allan Vera, Jovelyn Cleofe, and Benedict Balderrama, CBCRM RC 2003, 15 pp.
Presented during the 2003 CBCRM Festival held in Zambales in the Philippines, the report was intended primarily to initiate discussions on the various impact and outcomes of the community-based approach in coastal resources management in the country. The study draws on the results and conclusions of a previous evaluation sponsored by the Ford Foundation on the current state of community-based natural resources management in the Philippines, a survey and discussions with CBCRM practitioners. Available for downloading (PDF file) on the CBCRM RC website. read full text...
