Forests
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.
Cloud Forest Protection Critical To Keep Tropical Dams Running
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Article As the global population surges, dams have been increasingly adopted as a way to keep up with skyrocketing demands for water and energy.
UN-backed partnership helps Kenyans protect forests, improve livelihoods
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Article A United Nations-backed project in Kenya is protecting forests and wildlife, as well as providing alternative livelihoods, and offers valuable lessons on how governments and the private sector can successfully work together for the betterment of communities and the environment.
Peruvian City Pledges to Ramp Up Freshwater Conservation Efforts
Botanic Gardens for Tree Conservation and Forest Restoration in Africa
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Article At present the majority of tree planting in Africa focuses on monotypic stands of non-native species, which offer limited added value in terms of biodiversity or socioeconomic opportunities.
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>
Application Deadline:
May 30, 2013 Collaboration and nested environmental governance: Scale dependency, scale framing, and cross-scale interactions in collaborative conservation
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Article The problem of fit between social institutions and ecological systems is an enduring challenge in natural resource management and conservation. Developments in the science of conservation biology encourage the management of landscapes at increasingly larger scales. In contrast, sociological approaches to conservation emphasize the importance of ownership, collaboration and stewardship at scales relevant to the individual or local community.
Forest Voices: Storytelling for Action in the Coffee Lands of Indonesia
Type:
Academic Program
Contact Information:
<p> mary@forestvoices.org</p> Clearwater Basin Collabortive
Type:
Organization This organization is a cooperative advisory-making body orgazized to resolve land management conflices in the Clearwater Basin, Idaho. This Basin is part of the largest complex of public lands in the continental United States. People from all backgrounds and points of view agree that the forests, mountains and streams here are priceless and necessary to economic, social and ecological well-being.
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.
