Description |
1 online resource (xii, 231 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and indexes. |
Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Approaches to Resource Conservation; Participatory Action Research; Conceptual Framework; The Resource Management Problem; The Partnership with Farmers' Organizations; Case Studies of the Multiple Stakeholders Platform Method; Photo Essay; Results at the Farm Level; The Relationship Between Farmers and Researchers: Why There Was No Common Strategy; Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: A Comparison of Conventional Diagnoses and Diagnoses Based on PAR; Evaluation of the Participatory Action Research Approach; References. |
Summary |
This work evaluates the merits of a widely-used approach to natural resource management, participatory action research (PAR), an approach to resource management that strives to link researchers with farmers and other local residents whose lives are effected by long-range conservation programmes. The authors begin the book with the history of PAR, and then use a variety of case studies that chronicle sustainable development efforts in Brazil. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these efforts and suggest specific ways to improve on future PAR efforts. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Natural resources -- Brazil -- Management.
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Natural resources. |
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Brazil. |
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Management. |
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Action research -- Brazil.
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Action research. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Jordan, Carl F.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Castellanet, Christian, 1956- Participatory action research in natural resource management. New York : Taylor & Francis, ©2002 (DLC) 2005274956 |
ISBN |
0203508564 (electronic book) |
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9780203508565 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0203508564 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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1560329793 (Cloth) |
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