framing participation in agricultural and natural resource management research

... long-term networking with peer scientists, multi-institution research integration, interdisciplinary research integration, and inter-CRSP research integration and collaboration Sustainability and agroecological ... discussed research priorities and suggested guidelines for establishing and managing a program to encourage research on sustainability, agriculture, and natural resources in U.S institutions and their ... Program Timetable In awarding the research planning grants and research support grants, and in selecting the core grant recipient and management entity, the timetable outlined in Chapter (Table...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20

... poet, and some leading thinkers in the areas of COMMUNICATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT • EXPERIENCE/THEORY Natural Resource Management (NRM) and communication for social change In Dusk ... Ndangang, in the Co -management of Natural Resources: Organizing, Negotiating and Learning-by-Doing: In the past, many traditional societies formed relatively closed systems in which natural resources ... idea of preparing a resource book in collaboration with The Communication Initiative for people involved in communication and natural resource management, it was clear that finding an approach...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... has nothing to with “industry”; at least nothing to with increasing the shortterm profits of the multinational resource extraction corporations that have been dragged kicking and screaming into ... chapters and other participants in the workshop bring together a wealth of practical experience in researching, teaching, and applying local-level ecological knowledge in real-time contexts The research ... agenda of multinationals whose primary interest is to maintain their control over and access to precious natural resources by nearly any means necessary I Indigenous Practices and Natural Resources...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication ... waste incineration Solutions to waste-generation problems include innovative uses of waste, improved waste management systems, increases in recycling, advances in landfill safety, and reductions in ... scarce resources Notable progress toward sustainability has also been achieved in the forestry, mining and minerals, cement, and electrical utility industries, and the accelerating pace of investigation...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... believed then and continue to believe that better management results from the understanding of how plants interact with each other and their environment and management to create and maintain weed populations ... and vintage papers in our third edition Ecologists have a history of working predominantly in natural ecosystems and only recently have incorporated disturbance and human impacts into their research ... method usually involves collecting seed of preferred tree species, germinating and growing the seedling trees in nurseries, outplanting them to field sites, and following this by intensive chemical...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... of non-renewable resources and renewable resources Simply put, Weitzman integrates the economics of fishing and forestry and Plummer integrates the economics of fishing and mining The final section ... plays in generating net benefits in the sink, and net costs in the source Ceteris paribus, optimal management of a sink/source system calls for relatively more biomass in the sink and less in the ... abiding interest in non-market valuation Gardner’s work in this area began in the 1960s and continues today In his research, Gardner has been at the forefront of applying techniques ranging from...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... during implementation, then the dominant ways of researching, understanding, and promoting innovation are wrong Existing theory and practice fail to recognize these institutional opportunities and ... Cataloging -in- Publication Data Steelman, Toddi A Implementing innovation : fostering enduring change in environmental and natural resource governance / Toddi A Steelman p cm — (Public management and ... and Natural Resource Governance: Land, Water, and Forests 30 CHAPTER Aligning Institutional Characteristics: Implementing Innovation in Land Protection 70 CHAPTER Intermittent Alignment of Institutional...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... arresting and reversing deforestation,controlling erosion and managing soil, managing soil moisture and water,halting the degradation of pastures,recovering and conserving marine resources and ... improving women’s access to productive natural resources, including land, forest and water resources, and their participation in decision-making processes Enhancement of women’s roles, including participation ... rationale and as a major objective.Project components emphasize the sustainable management of natural resources in increased agricultural production,including soil and water conservation,land reclamation,and...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:21

... Maloney and Brady (1988) and List et al (2004) also find perverse effects of grandfathering in the electric power industry and in manufacturing plants in New York state, respectively Finally, ... than in the baseline If grandfathering is eliminated and the tax rate is also eliminated, this is the "No Tax" simulation, and emissions are also lower than in the baseline If grandfathering is ... present in every year, indicating that the utility-level industry makeup is about constant, and entry and exit are not prevalent in this industry both more productive and less polluting Consider...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:18

... vertebrate or invertebrate animals and our interest is in linking our understanding of plant and animal communities to the management of ecosystems In fact, most ecological principles – and many management ... work 1 Integrating ecology and management Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms (Krebs 1972) Predicting and maintaining or ... recurring events – a fundamental attribute of science – are used to infer general patterns in shopping, cooking, and donning clothing: individuals and institutions rely on their observations and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/06/2016, 09:22

... networking and information exchange among researchers interested in integrating SAGA into natural resource management research; to build capacity within institutions to mainstream gender in project ... common in research and research policy making Short-term training has limited impact Resources in the area of SAGA and natural resource management in Asia are not widely available Networking has ... chain in different ways, and often at different times and places.’ In summary, integrating SAGA into research is important in developing a better understanding and awareness of the social and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... training practitioners in research methods, including competence in social practice, cooperative action, and analysis (Lewin 1946) Applications of Participatory Action Research for Natural Resource ... action research promote individual and collective learning and increase individual autonomy and problem-solving capacity in a durable way Although all types of action research are “participatory” in ... claim on the natural resources and that should also be heard in any planning exercise In short, conflicts exist and are the rule rather than the exception in terms of natural resource management...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20

... as soil and nutrient management, irrigation and land cover management, water harvesting and so on It had a strong emphasis on maintaining or increasing natural resource productivity, and focused ... while maintaining or enhancing the quality of the environment and conserving natural resources 1989 and Beyond: Expansion into Broader and more Integrated Natural Resource Management Research The ... line of developments in natural resource management research in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ● ● ● ● Late 1960s/early 1970s Natural resource management (NRM) research...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... Establishing trust and eliminating fear Providing people with the required resources, training and freedom to act with responsibility and accountability Inspiring, encouraging and recognizing people's ... not aware of their role in carrying out and maintaining efficiency of quality management system Improving management responsibility and human resource management can bring many benefits for the ... implementing a quality management system and to continually improve the effectiveness of the quality management system They also have to define their roles in maintaining and developing quality management...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2013, 17:09

... lies in investigating low-cost options to produce them In Australia, the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for International Food Manufacture and Packaging Science is examining ways of using basic ... used in such industrial products as printing inks, cosmetics, linoleum, vinyl plastics, paints, caulking compounds, pesticides, epoxy glue, protective coatings, yeast soaps, shampoos, and detergents ... margarine, Agricultural and Industrial Plant Biotechnology 113 salad oils, coffee creamer, mayonnaise, shortenings, chocolate coatings, a flour ingredient, and medicines Soybean oil also is used in...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20

... role in developing human capacity in aspects in the member countries In the current millennium, inland fisheries resource utilisation and aquaculture development have to go hand in hand with maintaining ... public, be it in developed or developing countries Aquaculture development needs increasingly to take into account environmental impacts It is in this regard that maintaining and sustaining the environment ... encodes the genetic traits in an organism There are four bases in both DNA and RNA: Thymine (T), Guanine (G), Adenine (A) and Cytosine (C) in DNA with Uracil (U) replacing (T) in RNA For a long time...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:18

... training (6) Reduced status distinctions and barriers, including dress, language, office arrangements, and wage differences across levels (7) Extensive sharing of financial and performance information ... simplified, standardized, and specialized and that supervision and pay incentives should be used to motivate individuals to perform their tasks well In essence, the thinking and controlling part of ... The researchers found a clear linear relationship between this participation index and three performance indicators, defect density, line yield and cycle time Finally, a study of the oil refining...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20

... Report 3878, Bolt Beranek and Rewman Inc., 1978 Bobrow, R J & Webber, B L P S I - E L O N E - Parsing and Semantic Interpretation in the BBN Natural Language Understanding System CSCSI/C~EI0 Annual ... [9, 7] snggests two things for parsing natural language: principle, has sparked our interest in the design of calrs of processes which can pass forward and backward unet~Ll In/ ormatlon/advlce/questlons ... groups the stimulus into recognizable units from that part which fills in gaps in in/ormatlon (inferentially) on the baals of such groups Results in CF grammar theory says that grouping is not best...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 01:21

... holding, using, managing or transferring resources, and obligations when it comes to using resources in such a way so as to not harm others, and paying taxes, fees and other duties These rights and ... defining owners' rights and duties in the use of the resource • Domains where peoples social relations concerning access to, use and control over ´things’ are defined • Property rights define ... agricultural and urban land, rangelands, water, wetlands, coastal areas, forests, biodiversity, petroleum and mineral resources Rights to different resources pertaining to a piece of land may be...

Ngày tải lên: 08/06/2014, 14:47