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"Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Doing Science Together" starts from the understanding that all people create knowledge and that the creation of sustainable livelihoods and of conditions that protect and sustain rural ecosystems are interrelated. Here local experts and professional researchers write independently about the participatory research processes through which they created new knowledge together. They demonstrate that interdependent science can produce more accurate and locally appropriate data, while frankly addressing persisting issues such as unequal power, whose knowledge and what ways of knowing count, whose voice can be heard or appear in print, and other dilemmas of this practice. Conservation scientists and practitioners will both benefit from reading this book. This is the first book to examine community participatory research techniques that focuses on conservation aims. It offers unique book in that it is written from the perspective of participating community volunteers and researching scientists. It is part of the prestigious "Conservation Science and Practice" series published in association with the Zoological Society of London.
'"Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods" is brilliant, passionate, and inspiring...' - Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota, co-author of "Playing with Fire".
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
City:
Chicester
Pages:
316
More info:
height 236 mm
width 165 mm
weight 604 gr
thickness 18 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey: 333.7616
Library of Congress Subject: Rural development
Summary
Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods
Contributors.Foreword: Marshall W. Murphree.Acknowledgements.Acronyms and abbreviations.Non-English words.Introduction: doing science together: Louise Fortmann.1. How participatory research convinced a sceptic: Robin Buruchara.2. Sharing in innovation: reflections on a partnership to improve livelihoods and resource conservation in the Honduran hillsides: Sally Humphries, Jose Jimenez, Fredy Sierra and Omar Gallardo.3. Campesinos cientificios: farmer philosophies on participatory research: members of the Association of CIALs of Honduras: Dionisia Corea, Ana Rosa Estrada, Reinaldo Funez, Isidora Garcia, Claros Gomez, Maria Guada, Bonifacio Gutierrez, Angel Hernandez, Jose Amado Hernandez, Melvin Hernandez, Nora Hernandez, Wilmer Hernandez, Cayetana Herrera, Gavina Herrera, Jose Santos Herrera, Juan Pedro Herrera, Toribia Herrera, Marco Lopez, Diogenes Matute, Hilda Mencia, Rosalio Mencia, Luis Alonso Meza, Manuel Meza, Enrique Murillo, Heladia Murillo, Amalia Nunez, Ubaldo Olvera, Andrea Orellana, Damiana Perez and Simeona Perez with Lauren Classen.4. Retracing the trail to wisdom: doing science together in CibecueL Jonathan W. Long.5. The land has wisdom: Benrita 'Mae' Burnette and Judy DeHose.6. What makes a scientist? studying the impacts of harvest in the Pacific Northwest: Heidi L. Ballard.7. 'She fell out of the sky': salal harvesters' reflections on participatory research: Don Collins, Juan Cruz, Bob Smith and members of the Northwest Research and Harvester Association.8. 'Research sounds so big ...': collaborative inquiry with women in Drevdagen, Sweden: Seema Arora-Jonsson.9. For oss ar naturen en lisa for sjalen (where peace comes dropping slow): the forests and nature for us: Asa Bergelin, Margareta Emretsson, Anne Lundgren Halvarsson, Ewa Halvarsson and Anna Ryen.10. From participation to partnership: devolution, forest communities and CIFOR in Malinau, Indonesia: Eva Wollenberg, Ramses Iwan, Goodwin Limberg, Moira Moeliono, Made Sudana, Asung Uluk, Njau Anau and Miriam van Heist.11. Malinau villagers' relationship with CIFOR: high hopes, unmet expectations and trusted confidante: Ramses Iwan and Steve Rhee.12. Rediscovering participation: reflections on the Mhondoro Tree Project: Nontokozo Nemarundwe and Louise Fortmann.13. Unofanira Kuzvininipisa (you have to be humble): Gift Chidari, Francisca Chirambaguwa, Patricia Matsvimbo and Wisdom Muza.14. New seeds, new selves, new societies: rural women's reflections on participatory research in plant breeding: Elicelda Guardado Martinez, Lastenia Mendez and Leonarda Ramos Mejia with Jennifer Casolo.15. Conclusions: Seema Arora-Jonsson, Heidi L. Ballard, Robin Buruchara, Jennifer Casolo, Lauren Classen, Judy DeHose, Margareta Emretsson, Louise Fortmann, Anne Lundgren Halvarsson, Ewa Halvarsson, Sally Humphries, Jonathan W. Long, Marshall W. Murphree, Nontokozo Nemarundwe, Anne Olssen, Steve Rhee, Anna Ryen, Carl Wilmsen and Eva Wollenberg.Appendix A Publications from the participatory research projects.Index
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