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Renewable Natural Resources Management for Mountain Communities
 Michael Stocking, Hilde Helleman and Roger White
The renewable natural resources of mountains and hillsides are fragile and precarious and this makes them sensitive to changes imposed by human land use, local environmental conditions, and external factors such as conflicts and political instability. The management of renewable natural resources in hillside and mountain areas is intricately linked with livelihood opportunities and sustainable development. This book presents the findings of a Symposium and Research Workshop on Renewable Natural Resources Management for Mountain Communities held in Nepal in February and March 2003.
The papers presented at the Symposium in Kathmandu describe renewable natural resources research undertaken by ICIMOD's People and Resource Dynamics in Mountain Watersheds Programme (PARDYP) and the Hillsides system of the NRSP. About 70 persons attended the symposium from a wide range of organisations in Nepal, countries in the Hundu Kush Himilaya region, and from Bolivia, Kenya and Uganda. The Research workshop was held in the mid-hills of Nepal near Pokhara with 37 participants. The research discussed emphasised the role of the management of soil, water and land resources in improving livelihood opportunities and human well-being. The discussion during the event will help develop the research agenda in the management of renewable natural resources and inform the debate sustainability, livelihoods, poverty reduction and environmental issues in hillsides and mountain areas.
Please see below for a list of online chapters available for download. Chapters 5 - 10 can be obtained from the publisher.
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404kb |
 Foreword, Acknowledgements and Contents |
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| Part One: Managing Renewable Natural Resources in Mountains - Generic Issues and Programme Approaches |
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Ch. 1: Renewable Natural Resources Management for Mountain Communities - Editors Introduction. |
H. Helleman, M. Stocking and R. White. |
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Ch. 2: People and Resource Dynamics in Mountain Watersheds of the Hindu Kush. Himalayas Project - A research for Development Network. |
R. White and J. Merz. |
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Ch. 3: Living at the Margin in Hills - People Building Sustainable Livelihoods Based on Renewable Natural Resources. |
M. Stocking. |
| Part Two: Case Studies of Renewable Natural Resources Management |
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Ch. 4: Using Local Knowledge to Develop Soil and Water Management Interventions for Minimising Soil and Nutrient Losses in the Middle Hills of Nepal. |
P. Shrestha, M. McDonald, A. Lawrence and F. Sinclair. |
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709kb |
Ch. 11: Field Assessment of Erosion and Soil Productivity from the Perspective of the Land User. |
M. Stocking. |
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Ch. 12: Stimulating Locally Initiated and Sustainable Livelihood Change - New Relationships between Local Professionals and Rural Communities in the Central Andes. |
D. Preston, R. Montaño and R. Condori. |
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Ch. 13: The Use of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Tools in Soil Fertility and Organic Matter. |
B. P. Tripathi and J. Ellis-Jones. |
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Ch. 14: Interventions to Minimise Nutrient Losses from Bari Land (Rain-Fed Upland) in the Middle Hills of the Western Development Region of Nepal. |
G.P. Acharya, B.P. Tripathi, and M.A. McDonald. |
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Ch. 15: Enhancing the Impacts of Research in Soil Management - Development of Practical Tools in the Hillsides of Eastern Uganda. |
Yuelai Lu, J. McDonagh, O. Semalulu, M. Stocking and C. Owuor. |
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Ch. 16: Scaling Up Sccessful pilot Experiences in Natural Resources Management - Lessons from Bolivia. |
T. Middleton, T. De La Fuente and J. Ellis-Jones. |
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Ch. 17: Linking Field-level Findings to Policy and Decision-making in Nepal. |
C. Garfourth, G. Holt, A. Subedi, B. Regmi, K. McKemey, D. Gauchan, B. Tripathi, J. Ellis-Jones. |
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Ch. 18: Bridging Research and Policy for Improving Natural Resource Management - Lessons and Challenges in the Highlands of South-western Uganda. |
P.C. Sangina, A. Kakuru, R. Kamugisha, F. Place, A. Martin and A. Stroud. |
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Ch. 19: Challenges to Increasing the Opportunities for the Poor to Access Benefits of Common Pool Resources - The Case of Community Forestry in the Terai of Nepal. |
B. Chettry, P. Francis, M. Gurung, V. Iversen, G. Kafle, A. Pain and J. Seeley. |
| Part Three: Symposium and Research Workshop: Analysis and Recommedations |
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Ch. 20: Case Study Findings - Natural Resource Management for Mountain Communities. |
R. White and M. Stocking. |
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206kb |
Ch. 21: Increasing Impact - Making it Work. |
C. Garforth |
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