Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia

Rapid growth of timber, mining and ranching industries in forested areas worldwide often offer small holders opportunities to sell forest resources. Rural communities, however, often have little notion of the market value or economic and ecological consequences of forest transformation. Within such...

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Autores principales: Shanley, P., Rodrigues Gaia, G.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18553
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description Rapid growth of timber, mining and ranching industries in forested areas worldwide often offer small holders opportunities to sell forest resources. Rural communities, however, often have little notion of the market value or economic and ecological consequences of forest transformation. Within such scenarios, the learning process needs to be consciously constructed so as to catalyse new ways of thingking about forest management effectively and quickly. This article describes an ecological research project that integrated data and process-oriented approaches to promote collaborative learning. Results indicate that user-centered approaches are needed to ensure that locally relevant information is generated by scientists, and that learning is catalysed not only among information saturated stakeholders such as policy makers and academics, but also among stakeholders who are directly dependent upon forest resources.
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spelling CGSpace185532025-01-24T14:12:09Z Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia Shanley, P. Rodrigues Gaia, G. biodiversity non-timber forest products learning rural communities gender Rapid growth of timber, mining and ranching industries in forested areas worldwide often offer small holders opportunities to sell forest resources. Rural communities, however, often have little notion of the market value or economic and ecological consequences of forest transformation. Within such scenarios, the learning process needs to be consciously constructed so as to catalyse new ways of thingking about forest management effectively and quickly. This article describes an ecological research project that integrated data and process-oriented approaches to promote collaborative learning. Results indicate that user-centered approaches are needed to ensure that locally relevant information is generated by scientists, and that learning is catalysed not only among information saturated stakeholders such as policy makers and academics, but also among stakeholders who are directly dependent upon forest resources. 2002 2012-06-04T09:08:33Z 2012-06-04T09:08:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18553 en Shanley, P., Rodrigues Gaia, G. 2002. Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia . Agricultural Systems 73 :83-97. ISSN: 0308-521X.
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learning
rural communities
gender
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Rodrigues Gaia, G.
Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia
title Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia
title_full Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia
title_fullStr Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia
title_full_unstemmed Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia
title_short Equitable ecology: collaborative learning for local benefit in Amazonia
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non-timber forest products
learning
rural communities
gender
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