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| International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. We work to address global issues such as mining, the paper industry and food systems. |
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| Soil Fertility: QUEFTS and Farmers’ Perceptions Free to Non-OECD Countries |
| Stock Code 8138IIED, IIED 2000 55 pages Price USD 18.00 |
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Soil fertility is one of many factors influencing farmers’ choices regarding agricultural production, fertilisation and soil and water conservation. However, before we can study the effects of soil fertility, we need to measure it. We use the QUEFTS model (Quantitative Evaluation of the Fertility of Tropical Soils Janssen et al, 1990) which predicts crop yields from chemical soil characteristics, as an indicator of soil fertility. We then compare these predictions with actual yields as well as farmers’ own estimates of soil fertility |
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| Towards Sustainable Co-Management of Mekong River Inland Aquatic Resources, Including Fisheries, in Southern Lao PDR |
| Stock Code 7818IIED, IIED 2000 42 pages Price USD 15.00 |
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The importance of fish and fisheries with regards to protected area management has often been neglected due to the focus of biological surveys and management initiatives on large mammals and birds. In Khong district in southern Lao P.D.R. villagers claim that aquatic resources have significantly benefited from their co-management, and in addition there have been unexpected spin-off benefits in terms of terrestrial wildlife and forest management and conservation. |
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| Evaluating Eden: Exploring the Myths and Realities of Community-Based Wildlife Management: Series Overview |
| Stock Code 7810IIED, IIED 2000 124 pages Price USD 24.00 |
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The Evaluating Eden project aimed to address three overall research questions: What has CWM achieved for wildlife and for people? How do social, political, economic and environmental factors influence the efficacy of CWM? And, what are the key characteristics of successful CWM and how can these be spread? This document summaries the overall conclusions of the project, and synthesises and compares the discussion papers and regional reports (from Central and West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, South Asia, South East Asia, Central America, South America, Canada and Australia). |
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| Promoting Partnerships: Managing Wildlife Resources in Central and West Africa |
| Stock Code 7806IIED, IIED 2000 194 pages Price USD 24.00 |
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This volume examines community wildlife initiatives from a range of different contexts in the region of West and Central Africa and explores what can be learnt about the conditions necessary for community wildlife management and its spread. A case-study approach was used to focus on specific countries and initiatives including the Kilum-Ijum Forest, Cameroon; Okapi Wildlife Reserve and Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Transition zone to the ‘W’ Region Biosphere Reserve, Niger; and Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. A framework was developed for analysing and comparing the case studies to establish the forces that constrain or enable the spread of CWM. |
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| Where Communities Care. Community Based Wildlife and Ecosystem Management in South Asia |
| Stock Code 7801IIED, IIED 2000 222 pages Price USD 24.00 |
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Where Communities Care is the full regional review of community wildlife management in South Asia. It provides in-depth country studies covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka describing the history of conservation, the move to CWM and 18 key project case studies. ~These country studies and the main themes that arise together with the impacts of CWM and its constraints and challenges are then discussed. Impacts are gauged at four levels: ecological, economic & livelihood, social/political and policy. It is suggested that there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ to indicate positive ecological impacts due to CWM in the region and in addition it has ‘helped to enhance the livelihood security of communities’. This has been supported by enabling policies and developmental inputs. In many CWM sites in India, for example, communities have taken back virtual control over the surrounding natural resources, and many indirect as well as direct benefits have been seen. |
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| Pelican Man - A Video Documentary |
| Stock Code 7819IIED, IIED 2000 DVD Price USD 30.00 |
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Spotbilled pelicans have been coming to breed in the village of Kokkare Bellur in Southern India for hundreds of years. However, numbers are falling drastically all over South Asia and the bird is now a candidate for the endangered species list. This 60 minute documentary explores the reasons for this decline and charts the ups and downs in a remarkable partnership between a dedicated environmentalist and the local community as they attempt to reverse the decline of the pelicans at Kokkare Bellur. |
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| Participation in the Caribbean. A Review of Grenada's Forest Policy Process |
| Stock Code 7559IIED, IIED 2000 94 pages Price USD 15.00 |
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This independent study traces the lessons of Grenada’s participatory policy process, which resulted in a shift away from policy based on the preoccupations of foresters, politicians and foreign consultants, towards a recognition of stakeholders’ values. The process revealed that major forest values were environmental services, and agricultural and recreation support systems, rather than timber as before. The report analyses context, actors, policy processes, policy contents, and impacts, and identifies ways to implement that policy, based on a continuing participatory approach. |
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| PLA Notes 37: Special Issue: Sexual and Reproductive Health |
| Stock Code 6335IIED, IIED 2000 125 pages Price USD 25.00 |
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This issue includes: Searching for participatory approaches: findings of the Yunnan PRA Network; Lu Xing. Trading places, trading ideas’: Review of the second ‘Dare-to-Share Fair’ on participatory development: Marc P. Lammerink, Bram Posthumus and Willem van Weperen. ~From reproduction to rights: participatory approaches to sexual and reproductive health; Andrea Cornwall and Alice Welbourn.~Ain’t misbehavin’: beyond individual behaviour change; Jerker Edström with Arturo Cristobal, Chulani de Soyza and Tilly Sellers.~ Seminar on HIV and girls and young women, November 1999, London; The Working Group on Children and HIV; UK NGO AIDS Consortium.~Helping NGO staff (& then community groups) analyse reproductive health and gender issues; World Neighbors programme partners in Nepal.~Collaborative planning to improve women’s health; Carla Rull Boussen.~Participatory learning and action as a tool to explore adolescent sexual and reproductive health; Mary Simasiku, Gladys Nkama and Michelle Mu ... |
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