‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities

A new conservation actor, the forest steward community, is emerging in Central America as an effective collaborator in forest conservation. An innovative participatory research in Guatemala and Nicaragua was conducted aiming to strengthen community capabilities in natural resource management. A Gras...

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Autor principal: Gonsalves, Julian Francis
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36059
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description A new conservation actor, the forest steward community, is emerging in Central America as an effective collaborator in forest conservation. An innovative participatory research in Guatemala and Nicaragua was conducted aiming to strengthen community capabilities in natural resource management. A Grassroots Assistance Project trained community members to document and critically reflect upon local experience with forest management and external assistance. Together with regional context studies undertaken by professional researchers, these local ‘autosystematization’ studies made possible comprehensive documentation of the multiple dimensions of communities’ resource management, identification of their strengths and vulnerabilities and discussion of future strategies.
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spelling CGSpace360592024-01-17T12:58:34Z ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities Gonsalves, Julian Francis participatory approaches research forests A new conservation actor, the forest steward community, is emerging in Central America as an effective collaborator in forest conservation. An innovative participatory research in Guatemala and Nicaragua was conducted aiming to strengthen community capabilities in natural resource management. A Grassroots Assistance Project trained community members to document and critically reflect upon local experience with forest management and external assistance. Together with regional context studies undertaken by professional researchers, these local ‘autosystematization’ studies made possible comprehensive documentation of the multiple dimensions of communities’ resource management, identification of their strengths and vulnerabilities and discussion of future strategies. 2013 2014-06-11T15:38:56Z 2014-06-11T15:38:56Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36059 en Open Access CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
title ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
title_full ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
title_fullStr ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
title_full_unstemmed ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
title_short ‘If you saw it with my eyes’: collaborative research and assistance with Central American forest steward communities
title_sort if you saw it with my eyes collaborative research and assistance with central american forest steward communities
topic participatory approaches
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forests
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36059
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