Applying livelihood approaches to natural resource management. Case studies from southern africa 7 preface background to the power relations study this report consists of a series of individual country papers prepared for a study on devolution, community empowerment and power relations in communitybased natural resource management cbnrm during 1999. Applying livelihood approaches to natural resource. Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations stewardship natural resource management deals with managing the way in which people and natural landscapes interact. Area trials sustainable management of natural resources in practice the purpose of the trials was to.
Principles of natural resource management makerere. Methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts. Since the countrys independence in 1990, community based natural resource management cbnrm has proven again and again to be an important instrument for the government of namibia to meet its goals with respect to conservation and sustainable development. Applications of communitybased natural resource management projects. Natural resource management is also congruent with the concept of sustainable development. Multimethods in natural resources management nrm communitybased natural resources management cbnrm involves both physical and socioeconomic systems. Measuring social learning in participatory approaches to. Identifying stakeholder groups in natural resource management. Interaction of these two systems influences both the viability of the natural resource and livelihood levels of the resource users.
Rests 3r approach to natural resource management food. Containing more than half the worlds inventory of surface fresh water, the five great lakes support over 40 million humans and. The role of conflictsensitive natural resource management. Read on for information about specialties within this field, education options and career statistics. Natural resource management specifically focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of resources and ecology and the lifesupporting capacity of those resources. Integrated approaches to natural resources management in. Insofar as humans are fundamentally dependent on natural resources, ensuring the ongoing access to or a steady provision of natural resources has always been central to the organization of civilizations and, historically, has been. The following are the approaches to natural resources management. To identify the most effective characteristics of communitybased natural resource management cbnrm, i collected a multiplicity of perspectives from research teams. In this view, the state is viewed as losing its reason to exist. Source of plant nutrient % of total nutrient depositionfixation weathering recycling temperate forest hubbard brook nitrogen 7 0 93 phosphorus 1 89 potassium 2 10 88. Strategies for conserving, protecting, and enhancing these resources should be based on the specific resource constraints faced in any given location, as well as the current and desired improvements in reversing depletion and degradation.
Theory, concepts, and management institutions 1 introduction a common feature of contemporary natural resource management issues is the underlying uncertainty regarding both cause what causal factors account for the problem. Natural resource management approaches can be categorised according to the kind and right of stakeholders, natural resources. View natural resource management research papers on academia. Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as land. Over the last twenty years, this subsistence strategy has evolved into a development strategy that has become increasingly. Cbnrm is an rural development that recognizes the rights of local people to manage and benefit from the management and use of natural resources.
This paper explores different approaches to applied research in natural resource management that focus on adaptive learning as an element of the resource management challenge of continuous sustainable production. Conceptualization of the research approaches, methods, tools, and techniques for studying social processes and livelihoods outcomes need further research work and intellectual debate. Download a pdf of integrating landscape approaches and multiresource analysis into natural resource management by the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine for free. Natural resourcesthe resources people depend upon for their livelihoodsgenerally mean renewable natural resources, including water, forests, fisheries, rangeland, and wildlife. The research frameworks suggested by adaptive management am, social learning, and. Towards this effort, rest is currently implementing. Landscapescale approaches for integrated natural resource. Abare 2001, alternative policy approaches to natural resource management, background report to the natural resource management taskforce, agriculture, fisheries and forestry australia, canberra, february. Pdf integrated approaches to natural resources management. Environmental management is also similar to natural resource management.
Such a complex task is best performed by a computer. The result of this effort is a unique and not easily categorized resource book communication and natural resource management. Integrated approaches to natural resources management theory. Major sources of nutrients that are absorbed by plantsa. Common to these was the emphasis on the importance of integrated and holistic approach. Approaches in resource management ecological, economic, technological, ethnological and sustainability approaches. Key principles of communitybased natural resource management. Natural resource management, ways in which societies manage the supply of or access to the natural resources upon which they rely for their survival and development.
Predicting and maintaining or altering the distribution and abundance of various organisms are the primary goals of natural resource management. National policy on community based natural resource management. Holistic policy approaches to natural resource management. Integrated approaches to natural resources management theory and practice article pdf available in land degradation and development 29march march 2018 with 4,012 reads how we measure reads. Empowering communities to manage natural resources. Natural resource management research papers academia. We are particularly conscious of these problems in the great lakes region of north america. Introducing sustainable management of natural resources. Ecological principles for natural resource management. A keynote panel opened the workshop, which included suzette kimball, acting director, u. Effective governance and management of resources have always been important, but have. I have chosen the topic of communal approaches to natural management as the subject of this address for three reasons. Natural resource management issues have attracted increasing attention in recent decades, particularly in asia, partly in response to a sequence of crises in energy, food, water, and other resources. Applications of cbnrm are as diverse as the reasons for its inception.
Inrm is generally seen as a scientific and resource management approach uniquely suited to managing complex natural resources management challenges in. Of course, there were huge variations in both the rates and degrees to which the different states became involved with questions of natural resource management. Sustainable land management technologies and approaches in. Approaches to natural resource management based on the integration of community involvement, technical knowledge, and organizational structure and policy. Approaches to natural resource management for peace was the first pilot project established by the global joint programme on women, natural resources and peace, which aims to promote natural resourcebased interventions as a tool for womens political and economic empowerment in peacebuilding contexts. These to understand how innovations in natural resources management approaches are designed to take into account the elements, interac can develop and.
Principles of resource allocation role of spatial organization. Integrating ecology and management ecology is the scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms krebs 1972. Global forces in social science approaches to natural. Natural resources management and the environment in small. Multidisciplinary approaches to natural resource management. Community management of natural resources in africa. The same conference put another concept, the integrated coastal zone management iczm, high in the agenda pernetta and elder 1993. Oct 15, 2010 common to these was the emphasis on the importance of integrated and holistic approach. Integrated natural resource management inrm helps resource users, managers, and others to manage resources sustainably by considering, reconciling, and. Integrated natural resource management inrm is a process of managing natural resources in a systematic way, which includes multiple aspects of natural resource use biophysical, sociopolitical, and economic meet production goals of producers and other direct users e. Pdf measuring social learning in participatory approaches. It seeks to identify what emerged from the use of livelihoods analysis, strengths and weaknesses of the approach, and lessons learnt.
Effective governance and management of resources have always been important, but have become increasingly challenging in the face of changing. Hence, it is essential to produce a good organisation structure and organisation relatioship. It is an outcome of the documentation undertakings carried out by the ethiopian overview of conservation approaches and technologies ethiocat network during the period 2001 2009. Management plays a crucial role in the making of the organisation and therefore effective management is required to ensure every organisation is working towards a common objective or goal. Measuring social learning in participatory approaches to natural resource management. Evolving regional, integrated and engagement approaches. Comparing quantitative and qualitative social network approaches amber wuticha, melissa beresfordb, julia c. Williamsf, and sarah porterg aschool of human evolution and social change, arizona state university, tempe, az, usa. Landscapescale approaches for integrated natural resource management in tropical forest landscapes peter frost 1, bruce campbell 1, gabriel medina 1, and leonard usongo 2 abstract. It is not a work of theory and yet examines theoretical perspectives. Community based approaches to natural resource management governance and the role of government hugh govan lmma network. Science of integrated approaches to natural resources global. We propose a theory of change for integrated natural resources management inrm projects, where short. Natural resources the resources people depend upon for their livelihoodsgenerally mean renewable natural resources, including water, forests, fisheries, rangeland, and wildlife.
The challenge for sustainable management of natural resources is to find a balance. Biodiversity conservation through community based natural. To identify the most effective characteristics of communitybased natural resource management cbnrm, i collected a multiplicity of perspectives. Sustainable management of natural resources is defined in the environment. Steven ellis, deputy director, bureau of land management blm. Preface the document presents an overview of traditional and introduced technologies and approaches applied for managing land resources in ethiopia. These reforms purportedly aim to increase resource user participation in nrm decisions and benefits by restructuring the power relations between central state and communities. National policy on community based natural resource. Approaches to natural resource management based on the integration of community involvement, technical knowledge, and organizational structure and policy objectives are endorsed throughout australia. Natural resource management an overview sciencedirect topics. Sustainable natural resources management 4 associated complex and heterogeneous data, to perform both the analysis of the current resource management policy and to predict the impact of some management policy on the environment, economy and society. Biodiversity conservation through community based natural resource management brief description this project seeks to pilot various community based natural resource management initiatives with the objective ofensuring livelihood security and at the same time addressing biodiversity conservation. According to the global water partnership gwp 2000, integrated water resource management iwrm is viewed simultaneously as a philosophy, process and approach which promotes the coordinated development and management of water and related natural resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner. In the first quadrant, sustainable yield curve is shown as os and the curve.
Resource appraisal estimating demand and determining supply and implication for resource management. Alternative policy approaches to natural resource management. Another widely used integrated natural resources management related concept is the ecosystem approach, which was formally accepted at the earth summit in rio in 1992. Relief society of tigray rest is operating a usaid office of food for peace ffpfunded development food security activity as part of the ethiopian governments productive safety net programme psnp. Impacts, experiences and future directions in many parts of africa, local communities have depended on, and managed, wildlife as a key resource since the stone age.
Natural resources are materials that occur naturally, such as timber, coal, oil, water, air, fish, animals and land. Sipris perspectives on climate security and management of natural resource conflicts, focusing on. Valuation methods and approaches for assessing natural resource. Integrating landscape approaches and multiresource analysis. New tools, methods, and approaches in natural resource management. Integrating landscape approaches and multiresource. Natural resource management was born at the conjunction of rationalization and its twin process, bureaucratization, which yielded the first bureaucracies to manage nature. Natural resource management is the responsible supervision or handling of these resources. Assessing the economic and environmental impacts of nrm interventions. The event drew on and be illustrated by examples from. Methodological approaches in natural resource management. Natural resource management an overview sciencedirect.
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