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Closing the Feedback Loop: Evaluation and Adaptation in Collaborative Resource Management
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Book
This sourcebook has two purposes. The first is to provide a selection of evaluation tools and change mechanisms for collaborative groups to consider and use. The second is tostimulate discussion of evaluation and adaptation in collaborative resource management. Collaborative resource management and adaptive management are not new concepts, but experience has not caught up to theory, and there is much to learn from the rapidly evolving efforts underway.
Project Director (Madison Valley Ranchland Group, Oregon)
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Job Madison Valley Ranchlands Group has an opening for a project director. Contact MVRG at mvranch@3rivers.net Applications close on May 30. Call John Crumley with any questions - 406 682 7364 or 406 581 5602
Check out their website here: http://www.madisonvalleyranchlands.org/
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Alaina Pomeroy
Program Manager
Sustainable Northwest
813 SW Alder, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97205
Contact Information:
<p>Alaina Pomeroy Program Manager Sustainable Northwest 813 SW Alder, Suite 500 Portland, OR 97205 wk. (503) 221-6911 x109 cell (971) 222-9583</p>
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May 30, 2013 Costa Rica Bans Hunting
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Article Costa Rica, a tropical country known for its national parks and ecotourism, has taken a further step to protect its environment. But even in this environmentally conscious nation, a new ban on hunting faces obstacles.
Farmers of the Caribbean: Implementing Sustainable Farming Practices in Trinidad's Northern Ranges
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Report In the hillsides of Trinidad’s Northern Range, smallholder subsistence farming systems dominate the landscape. Pushed to this frontier by escalating pressure on low-lying agriculture lands from more urban development and a rising population, farmers continue to rely on short-term crops on the steep slopes there.
Revitalizing the Mexican Corvina Fishery with Sustainable Management
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Article Three years ago EDF, fishermen, and critical partners like Noroeste Sustentable (NO
Incentivising collaborative conservation: Lessons from existing environmental Stewardship Scheme options
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Article Agri-environment schemes (AESs) in England typically address environmental management at the farm-and field-scales, but there is increasing evidence that incorporating the landscape-scale would increase scheme effectiveness.
Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services)
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Article Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in private and public sector interest to explore payments for ecosystem services (PES), in order to assign value to ecosystem services, and thus promote better land use practices. We recently investigated how PES schemes are faring in meeting the goals of safeguarding ecosystem services, while also benefiting local livelihoods.
