This chapter discusses the principles and processes of the participatory learning and action-research approach to integrated rice management (PLARIRM) in Africa, as well as the application of PLAR-IRM in a rainfed lowland rice system in Madagascar. Prospects for the wider use of PLAR-IRM in Africa...

This chapter discusses two case studies carried out by a team of experts in the southern and northern part of Ethiopia demonstrating important cross-sectoral planning and capacity-building issues in forest management. The purpose of the Adaba-Dodola Integrated Forest Management project was to...

This chapter derives from some aspects of research conducted on off-reserve forest management in connection with a 'Socioeconomic study of off-reserve tree management in the Goaso Forest District' by the University of Ghana Tropenbos Team between 2003 and 2004. It is intended as a contribution to...

This chapter is based on research done for the Food and Agriculture Organization Livelihood Support Programme which envisaged active involvement of local community members in the planning and implementation of policies aimed at better use and management of resources. It uses cases of...

This chapter discusses the national and sectoral development planning addressing forestry issues in Nigeria. The development of a national forestry action plan between 1989 and 1996 and of the National Forest Programme in 2002 are addressed. The recognition of cross-linkages between forestry and...

This chapter presents a case study focusing on the influences of external policies on forestry development in Tanzania. The specific objectives are to identify the main cross-sectoral policy issues, report any successful policy instruments in dealing with these policy issues, and make...

Locally developed institutions that include rules and regulations, common values and mechanisms of conflict resolution are increasingly regarded as adaptive solutions to resource management problems at the grass-roots level. Since they are rooted in community social capital rather than in external, ...

This paper illustrates the work of a number of model forest partnerships in different regions: Grizzly Bear Research Project in Canada; Participatory Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Cameroon; Conflict Resolution in Chile; Watershed Management Planning in the Philippines; Creation of the First ...

Like many other African countries described in this volume, Kenya has recently enacted several new policies and public-sector reforms that affect its water sector. This chapter considers those reforms in the context of the country's particular history of land tenure and settlement, a history that...

This book provides a comprehensive information source on The Netherlands Climatic Change Studies Assistance Programme (NCCSAP) and describes the achievements and experiences in the countries involved, i.e., Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Suriname,...