Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management (Global Issues)
Contributors: Bhaskar Vira (Editor); Roger Jeffery (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780333792766
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; Business & Economics; Nature; Business/Economics; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Economic History; General; Congresses; Environmental policy; International cooperation; Management; Natural Resources
First sentence: What is the meaning of 'participation' within the popular notion of 'participatory natural resource management'? An interesting entry point into this debate is Oakley and Marsden's (1984) review of discourses and practices, in which they suggest four broad understandings: (1) informing and mobilising target groups; (2) community development; (3) organising target groups; and (4) empowering beneficiaries.