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 Resource Guide on CBCRM/CBNRM
Featured resource
CBNRM Net: From Managing Natural Resources to Managing Ecosystems, Knowledge and People
by Lars T. Soeftestad and Prakash Kashwan, CBNRM Net 2004, 15 pp.
Environmental online communication epitomises the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies in managing the changes brought about because of globalization of environmental and developmental concerns, and the increased integration of environmental issues with socio-political concerns of development. Taking the Community-Based Natural Resources Management Network (CBNRM Net) as a case study, this paper argues how environmental online communication could look beyond an emphasis on information to focusing on knowledge, and to management of such knowledge that can be instrumental in achieving the goals of more equitable and sustainable natural resource management. Available and downloadable (PDF file) on the CBNRM Net website (www.cbnrm.net). read full text...
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Affirming the forces that give life and energy: Revisiting the theory and practice of CBCRM in the Philippines
by Elmer M. Ferrer, Randee C. Cabaces, Lenore Polotan-de la Cruz, CBCRM RC 2003, 13 pp.
Using appreciative inquiry to highlight best practices and systems in CBCRM, the paper re-examines the roots of the community-based approach in the earlier social movements for economic justice, political freedom and cultural identity in the country. It discusses how the key concepts and principles of CBCRM, as well as its practitioners' understanding of the environmental and socio-political context, have developed through years of practice. Towards the end, it confronts the question of what makes CBCRM work. Available for downloading (PDF file) on the CBCRM RC website. read full text...
List of resources
Historical overview of community-based coastal resources management
by Elmer M. Ferrer, CBCRM RC 2001, 18 pp.
Part of the Coastal Team Report for the study commissioned by the Ford Foundation in the country entitled "State of the Field: Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) in the Philippines". read full text ...
Community-Based Coastal Resources Management of Apo Island, Negros Oriental, Philippines: History and Lessons Learned
by Laurie J. Raymundo PhD, ICRAN 2002, 9 pp.
The paper follows the changes in natural resources management structures in Apo Island in the Philippines, considered as one of the earliest attempts at a community-based approach in the country, and draws lessons from the experience. Available on the ICRAN website (www.icran.org). read full text ...
Community-Based Natural Resources Management: A People-Centered Alternative Towards Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
by CBCRM Resource Center, 2005, 4 pp.
This short article was prepared for publication in the Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) Foundation, Inc. newsletter and aimed to provide a broad overview of the community-based approach to natural resources management. Downloadable in PDF. read full text ...
