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| Donovan, Shannon M; University of Idaho; shannon_donovan@yahoo.com; Looney, Chris; University of Idaho; clooney@vandals.uidaho.edu; Hanson, Thor; University of Idaho; thor@rockisland.com; Wulfhorst, J. D.; University of Idaho; jd@uidaho.edu; Eigenbrode, Sanford D; University of Idaho; sanforde@uidaho.edu; Jennings, Michael; The Nature Conservancy; mjennings@tnc.org; Johnson-Maynard, Jodi; University of Idaho; jmaynard@uidaho.edu. |
| The Palouse region of southeastern Washington State and an adjacent portion of northern Idaho is a working landscape dominated by agricultural production, with less than 1% of the original bunchgrass prairie remaining. Government agencies and conservation groups have begun efforts to conserve Palouse prairie remnants, but they lack critical information about attitudes and perceptions among local landowners toward biological conservation. Knowledge about the location and condition of native biological communities also remains sparse. Using a bioregional approach, we integrated data collected through biological surveys and social interviews to investigate relationships between biologically and socially meaningful aspects of the landscape. We combined GIS... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Landscape; Participatory research; Spatial mapping; Biodiversity; Conservation; Private lands. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| von Korff, Yorck; Lisode; Cemagref / Irstea UMR G-EAU; yorck.von-korff@lisode.com; Daniell, Katherine A; The Australian National University; Cemagref / Irstea UMR G-EAU; k.a.daniell@gmail.com; Moellenkamp, Sabine; University of Osnabrueck; sabine.moellenkamp@gmx.de; Bots, Pieter; Delft University of Technology; p.w.g.bots@tudelft.nl; Bijlsma, Rianne M; University of Twente; Deltares; r.m.bredenhoff@gmail.com. |
| Many current water planning and management problems are riddled with high levels of complexity, uncertainty, and conflict, so-called “messes” or “wicked problems.” The realization that there is a need to consider a wide variety of values, knowledge, and perspectives in a collaborative decision making process has led to a multitude of new methods and processes being proposed to aid water planning and management, which include participatory forms of modeling, planning, and decision aiding processes. However, despite extensive scientific discussions, scholars have largely been unable to provide satisfactory responses to two pivotal questions: (1) What are the benefits of using participatory approaches?; (2) How exactly... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Collaborative decision making; Evaluation; Interactive planning; Participatory modeling; Participatory research; Process design; Public participation; Social learning; Stakeholder participation; Water resources management. |
| Ano: 2012 |
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| Jones, Chas E; International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks; chas@chasjones.com; Kielland, Knut; Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks; kkielland@alaska.edu; Hinzman, Larry D; International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks; ldhinzman@alaska.edu; Schneider, William S; Oral History Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks; wsschneider@alaska.edu. |
| The integration of local knowledge and science represents an opportunity to enhance the understanding of interrelations among climate, hydrology, and socioeconomic systems while providing mutual benefits to scientists and rural communities. Insight from rural Alaskans helped to identify a social-ecological threshold used to model potential driftwood harvest from the Yukon River. Information from residents of Tanana, Alaska, was combined with scientific data to model driftwood harvest rates. Modeling results estimated that between 1980 and 2010, hydrologic factors alone were responsible for a 29% decrease in the annual wood harvest, which approximately balanced a 23% reduction in wood demand because of a decline in number of households. The... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Biomass; Climate; Driftwood; Economics; Flood; Hydrology; Large woody debris; Local knowledge; Participatory research; Social-ecological model; Threshold. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Harrington, Larry; International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); l.harrington@cgiar.org; White, Jeffrey; ; j.white@cgiar.org; Grace, Peter; Sinclair Knight Merz, Brisbane, Australia; pgrace@skm.com.au; Hodson, David; ; d.hodson@cgiar.org; Hartkamp, Agnes Dewi; Product Organisation Grains, Seeds and Pulses, The Hague, Netherlands; d.hartkamp@wisint.org; Vaughan, Christopher; CO MET Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Namibia; kit@africaonline.com.na; Meisner, Craig; ; cmeisner@bttb.net.bd. |
| To help integrated natural resource management (INRM) research "deliver the goods" for many of the world's poor over a large area and in a timely manner, the authors suggest a problem-solving approach that facilitates the scaling out of relevant agricultural practices. They propose seven ways to foster scaling out: (1) develop more attractive practices and technologies through participatory research (2) balance supply-driven approaches with resource user demands, (3) use feedback to redefine the research agenda, (4) encourage support groups and networks for information sharing, (5) facilitate negotiation among stakeholders, (6) inform policy change and institutional development, and (7) make sensible use of information management tools, including models... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Mexico; South Asia; Southern Africa; Conservation tillage; Diffusion of research; Environments; Geographic information systems; Natural resource management; Participatory research; Scaling out; Simulation models; Technology transfer. |
| Ano: 2001 |
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| Kachergis, Emily J.; Bureau of Land Management, Denver, Colorado; emily.kachergis@gmail.com; Knapp, Corrine N.; Alaska Center for Climate and Policy; corrieknapp@yahoo.com; Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.; Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University; Maria.Fernandez-Gimenez@colostate.edu; Ritten, John P.; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming; John.Ritten@uwyo.edu; Pritchett, James G.; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University; James.Pritchett@colostate.edu; Parsons, Jay; Western Center for Integrated Resource Management, Colorado State University; Jay.Parsons@colostate.edu; Hibbs, Willow; Wyoming Game and Fish Department and USDA-NRCS; Willow.Hibbs@wy.usda.gov; Roath, Roy; Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University; Roy.Roath@colostate.edu. |
| Building models is an important way of integrating knowledge. Testing and updating models of social-ecological systems can inform management decisions and, ultimately, improve resilience. We report on the outcomes of a six-year, multidisciplinary model development process in the sagebrush steppe, USA. We focused on creating state-and-transition models (STMs), conceptual models of ecosystem change that represent nonlinear dynamics and are being adopted worldwide as tools for managing ecosystems. STM development occurred in four steps with four distinct sets of models: (1) local knowledge elicitation using semistructured interviews; (2) ecological data collection using an observational study; (3) model integration using participatory workshops; and (4)... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Ecology; Ecosystem dynamics; Knowledge integration; Participatory research; Rangeland; Sagebrush steppe. |
| Ano: 2013 |
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| Bali, Archana; Department of Humans and Environment, School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Resilience and Adaptation Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks; ittibali@gmail.com; Kofinas, Gary P.; Department of Humans and Environment, School of Natural Resources & Agricultural Sciences and Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Resilience and Adaptation Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks; gpkofinas@alaska.edu. |
| “Voices of the Caribou People” is a participatory videography project for documenting and sharing the local knowledge of caribou-user communities about social-ecological changes. The project was conducted in partnership with indigenous people who share a long and close relationship with caribou and self-identify as the “Caribou People.” The Caribou People desired to share their knowledge, experiences, challenges, and coping strategies with other indigenous communities and with scientists and wildlife managers. Six communities in the North American Arctic participated in the project, with 99 people interviewed about the ecological, cultural, spiritual, and nutritional aspects of their relationship with caribou. The... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Caribou People; Human-rangifer systems; Indigenous communities; Local knowledge; Participatory research; Traditional knowledge; Videography. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Smajgl, Alex; MERFI Mekong Region Futures Institute; CSIRO Land and Water Flagship; alex.smajgl@mekongfutures.com; Ward, John R.; MERFI Mekong Region Futures Institute; CSIRO Land and Water Flagship; john.ward@mekongfutures.com; Foran, Tira; CSIRO Land and Water Flagship; tira.foran@csiro.au; Dore, John; DFAT Australian Aid, Australian Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand; John.Dore@ausaid.gov.au; Larson, Silva; CSIRO Land and Water Flagship; College of Business, Law and Governance, Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University; silva.larson@jcu.edu.au. |
| Policy and investment decisions in highly connected, developing regions can have implications that extend beyond their initial objectives of national development and poverty reduction. Local level decisions that aim to promote trajectories toward desirable futures are often transformative, unexpectedly altering factors that are determined at higher regional levels. The converse also applies. The ability to realize desirable local futures diminishes if decision-making processes are not coordinated with other influential governance and decision levels. Providing effective support across multiple levels of decision making in a connected, transformative environment requires (a) identification and articulation of desired outcomes at the relevant levels of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Complexity; Development; Mekong; Participatory research. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| Franzel, Steven Charles; Phiri, Donald; Mafongoya, Paramu; Jere, Isaac; Katanga, Roza; Phiri, Stanslous. |
| Although there is increasing emphasis on targeting of improved technology towards poor and female farmers, few adoption studies assess the uptake of new practices by these groups in a comprehensive manner. In this study, community members used the wealth ranking method to identify the different wealth groups in their communities, to determine each household's wealth status, and to assess the association of wealth and different types of households with the planting of improved tree fallows, a practice for improving crop yields. There were no significant differences between the proportions of women and men planting improved fallows nor were there differences between single women and female heads of households who were married. There was some evidence of... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Agroforestry; Participatory research; Sesbania sesban; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25812 |
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| Bellon, Mauricio R.; Smale, Melinda; Aguirre, Alfonso; Taba, Suketoshi; Aragon, Flavio; Diaz, Jaime; Castro, Humberto. |
| Identifying the appropriate germplasm to be improved is a key component of any participatory breeding effort because of its implications for impacts on social welfare and genetic diversity. This paper describes a method developed to select a subset of 17 populations for a participatory breeding project from a set of 152 maize landraces. The larger set of landraces was collected in order to characterize, for conservation purposes, the maize diversity present in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. The method combines data representing the perspectives of both men and women members of farm households and those of genetic resources specialists, including professional plant breeders, gene bank managers, and social scientists. The different perspectives... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Mexico; Oaxaca; Maize; Zea mays; Land race; Germplasm conservation; Plant breeding; Selecting; Innovation adoption; Social welfare; Welfare economics; On farm research; Participatory research; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46524 |
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| Ekboir, Javier M.; Munoz, Manrrubio; Aguilar, Jorge; Mendel, Roberto Rendon; Muniz, Jose G. Garcia; Cardenas, J. Reyes Altamirano. |
| Agricultural development policies and programs, including extension and support for innovation, implicitly assume that the whole target population has the ability to innovate. Recent research in neuroscience, education, social sciences and psychology has shown that innovative capabilities are distributed very unevenly. We explored the distribution of innovative capabilities and the ability to integrate a technological package in a sample of commercial lemon producers in Mexico. We have found that the ability to explore new techniques is different from the ability to integrate an efficient production and commercial package. The ability to explore follows an exponential distribution while integration of the package follows a bimodal distribution. The ability... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Exploration; Participatory research; Creativity; Absorptive capabilities; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56126 |
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| Kristjanson, Patricia; Krishna, Anirudh; Radeny, Maren; Kuan, Judith. |
| In many rural areas, livestock are a critical asset for poor households, acting as a bank account, insurance policy and a source of income. Research methods leading to a better understanding of the role of livestock in household poverty dynamics are scarce, however, and are needed for better formulation of targeted pro-poor policies and interventions in regions where livestock are a key element of rural livelihood strategies. We utilized multiple methods, including Stages of Progress and household surveys, giving us a combination of qualitative and quantitative results. We examined how, over the last 10 and 25 years, households have moved into and out of poverty in 40 rural communities in two different highland regions of Peru, and explored in-depth the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Participatory research; Poverty; Stages of Progress; Livestock; Livelihoods; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25451 |
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