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 Community Organizing (CO)
Featured resource
Primer on Coastal Resource Management
by DENR-CRMP, USAID 1999, 122 pp.
The primer provides a road map to key steps in sustainable use of coastal resources. It describes the overall CRM process and gives snapshots of critical activities to be undertaken as part of this process. The primer was designed for use by local government units as well as by supporting and collaborating institutions such as national government agencies, non-government organizations, and academic institutions as an orientation tool for CRM. A chapter on Activities to Support CRM, discusses community organizing as a "process by which a community empowers itself by working to identify its needs and to resolve its problems in a collective manner". A free online copy of the primer is downloadable (PDF file) on the CRMP website (www.oneocean.org). read full text...
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A Tale of Two Islands: An Evolution of Coastal Resources Management in the Philippines
by Elmer M. Ferrer, Lenore Polotan-de la Cruz, Allan Vera, Jovy Cleofe, Gaynor Tanyang, Randee Cabaces, Michael Reynaldo, IASCP 2004, 15 pp.
The paper attempts to trace the evolution of coastal resources management in the Philippines by reviewing written accounts of two marine reserves considered as pioneering efforts in the country. It notes the primacy of participation and empowerment in CBCRM as guiding principles underlying the creation of strong community-based organizations that are critically aware of their conditions and have the capacities and resources for taking part in decision-making related to their well-being. Presented at the 10th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Oaxaca, Mexico, 9-13 August 2004. An online copy (PDF) is available for downloading in the Digital Library of the Commons. read full text...
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Re-inventing Power and Politics in Coastal Communities -- A Case Study on the Sustainable Coastal Area Development (SCAD) Program in Prieto Diaz, Bicol, Philippines
by Rebecca Rivera-Guieb, Dalhousie University 1998, 13 pp.
CBCRM' central concern is the empowerment of groups and social actors that stimulates synergy and dynamic linkages between micro and macro processes. The search for empowerment begins with the fundamental elements of community organizing and leadership formation. The paper elaborates on the empowerment process by examining a CBCRM program being implemented by the Tambuyog Development Center in the Philippines. Available on the Tambuyog website (www.tambuyog.org) in PDF. read full text ...
