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2. Agricultural Waste Management Extension Education (AWMEE): the ultimate need for intellectual productivity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mohammadi, Iraj Malek (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2006
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01410
- Journal Title:
- American Journal of Environmental Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(1) : 10-14
3. Assessing participatory practices in community-based natural resource management: Experiences in community engagement from southern Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dyer, J. (author), Stringer, L.C. (author), Dougill, A.J. (author), Leventon, J. (author), Nshimbi, M. (author), Chama, F. (author), Kafwifwi, A. (author), Muledi, J.I. (author), Kaumbu, J.-M.K. (author), Falcao, M. (author), Muhorro, S. (author), Munyemba, F. (author), Kalaba, G.M. (author), and Syampungani, S. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05-01
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10619
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 137: 137-145
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., The emphasis on participatory environmental management within international development has started to overcome critiques of traditional exclusionary environmental policy, aligning with shifts towards decentralisation and community empowerment. However, questions are raised regarding the extent to which participation in project design and implementation is meaningful and really engages communities in the process. Calls have been made for further local-level (project and community-scale) research to identify practices that can increase the likelihood of meaningful community engagement within externally initiated projects. This paper presents data from three community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) project case studies from southern Africa, which promote Joint Forest Management (JFM), tree planting for carbon and conservation agriculture. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders, community-level meetings, focus groups and interviews. We find that an important first step for a meaningful community engagement process is to define ‘community’ in an open and participatory manner. Two-way communication at all stages of the community engagement process is shown to be critical, and charismatic leadership based on mutual respect and clarity of roles and responsibilities is vital to improve the likelihood of participants developing understanding of project aims and philosophy. This can lead to successful project outcomes through community ownership of the project goals and empowerment in project implementation. Specific engagement methods are found to be less important than the contextual and environmental factors associated with each project, but consideration should be given to identifying appropriate methods to ensure community representation. Our findings extend current thinking on the evaluation of participation by making explicit links between the community engagement process and project outcomes, and by identifying further criteria that can be considered in process and outcome-based evaluations. We highlight good practices for future CBNRM projects which can be used by project designers and initiators to further the likelihood of successful project outcomes.
4. Bureau of Lost Management: Narrow interests now dominate the agency's direction
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kenna, Jim (author)
- Format:
- Commentary
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11728
- Journal Title:
- High Country News
- Journal Title Details:
- 52(7) : 42
- Notes:
- Online from publisher., Author observes how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is losing sight of the traditional mission of maintaining public lands and passing them intact to the next generation. "The BLM's mission is not ideological and does no give preference to certain land users. Its legal mandate calls for managing public lands for a variety of uses, treating energy generation and conservation equally. But now, the agency is losing sight of that mission."
5. Collaborative problem solving and conflict resolution in natural resource issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Danielson, Leon E. (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1997-05-22
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36511
- Notes:
- Pages 63-64 in proceedings of a regional workshop: William M. Park (ed.), "Industrialized animal agriculture, environmental quality and strategies for collaborative problem solving and conflict resolution," Atlanta, Georgia, May 22, 1997. 65 pages., Sponsored by Southern Regional Information Exchange Group - 10, Southern Rural Development Center and the Farm Foundation. Briefly summarizes 10 lessons learned.
6. Communicating stakeholder priorities in the great barrier reef region
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Larson, Silva (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2009-07-01
- Published:
- USA: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10147
- Journal Title:
- Society and Natural Resources
- Journal Title Details:
- 22(7) : 650-664
- Notes:
- 15 pages., Via online journal., Preliminary results of a survey investigating individual well-being of residents in the Great Barrier Reef region of Australia are presented. The well-being factors were grouped into domains of: society, representing family and community issues; ecology, representing natural environment; and economy, dealing with economic issues and provision of services. The relative perceived importance of factors was quantified, allowing for a creation of individual well-being functions. In the society domain, family relations and health were identified as the most important contributors to well-being. Water quality was the ecology domain factor that received highest scores, and health services and income were the most important contributors to the economic domain. The methodological approach used in this study has a potential to integrate ecological, social, and economic values of local people into decision-making processes. The profiles of well-being thus generated would present policymakers with information beyond that available from standard data sources.
7. Communication support for sustainable natural resource management
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Röling, Niels (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Language:
- English / French
- Publication Date:
- 1994-04
- Published:
- Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10634
- Journal Title:
- IDS Bulletin banner
- Journal Title Details:
- 25(2): 125-133
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., Natural Resource Management (NRM) can be looked upon from different perspectives: (1) the bio‐physical science perspective, (2) the economic perspective and (3) the social actor perspective. After briefly contrasting the three complementary perspectives, the article focuses on the third, which is the least developed. The social actor perspective requires that one distinguish between (1) the natural resource (be it a farm, a water catchment, underground water resources, etc.) and (2) the social actors who hold a stake in, and/or affect it. These stakeholders ideally form a platform for integral decision making about the natural resource. The platform/resource combination highlights communication processes of interest in sustainable NRM: creating a rich picture of intentions and realities; (land use) negotiation and accommodation; making things visible; raising the level of social aggregation at which platforms operate; and information systems for platform decision support. Such and other platform processes need active facilitation. The article outlines the implications for communication support, and explores professional contributions.
8. Conservation and development in Scotland and Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Muheebwa, Adeline (author) and Wheater, Roger (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08700
- Notes:
- Pages 123-130 in Gordon Wilson, Pamela Furniss and Richard Kimbowa (eds.), Environment, development and sustainability: perspectives and cases from around the world. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 290 pages.
9. Extension as a multilevel bridging organization: supporting networked environmental covernance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nourani, Sally W. (author), Decker, Daniel J. (author), and Krasny, Marianne E. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Published:
- Extension Journal, Inc.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10988
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(5)
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Article # 5FEA2, via online journal., Governmental and nongovernmental actors at different spatial and jurisdictional levels have information that can benefit natural resources management; however, barriers in communication and organizational culture often prevent information sharing and joint endeavors. Bridging entities, such as task forces or working groups, bring together potential stakeholders to pool expertise and stimulate shared learning. Using a network survey, interview data, and meeting minutes, we constructed a case study of task forces convened to stimulate management of the emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring beetle. We found that coordinated action among university and county Extension catalyzed bridging through visionary program design and network positioning.
10. FEMA and the rhetoric of redemption: new directions in crisis communication models for government agencies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Avery, Elizabeth Johnson (author) and Lariscy, Ruthann W. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- USA: Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36167
- Notes:
- Pages 319-334 in W. Timothy Coombs and Sherry J. Halladay (eds.), The handbook of crisis communication. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K. 737 pages., Authors analyze mishandled communications by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in connection with serious wildfires in California during 2007.
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