Grasslands
Closing the Feedback Loop: Evaluation and Adaptation in Collaborative Resource Management
Type of media:
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.
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.
Botanic Gardens for Tree Conservation and Forest Restoration in Africa
Type of media:
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 Forest Voices: Storytelling for Action in the Coffee Lands of Indonesia
Type:
Academic Program
Contact Information:
<p> mary@forestvoices.org</p> 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.
Accelerating Adaptation of Natural Resource Management to Address Climate Change
Type of media:
Article Natural resource managers are seeking tools to help them address current and future effects of climate change.
Project-Level Insights for Landscape Level PES (Payment for Ecosystem Services)
Type of media:
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.
It’s Wild! Taking a Market Approach to Land Management
Yale Conservation Finance Camp Announcement (2013)
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Training The 7th annual Yale Conservation Finance Boot Camp will be held at Yale University on Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21, 2013. This advanced learning opportunity will prepare conservation practitioners and board members, foundation leaders, private investors, and graduate students to utilize innovative conservation finance strategies and to share best practices.
Contact Information:
<p><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Leigh Whelpton, </span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Program Manager, Conservation Finance Network, </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Island Press #(202)232-7933, x 20.</span></p>
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