| Description |
xxx, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Conservation science and practice series ; no. 3 |
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Conservation science and practice series |
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Conservation science and practice series.
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Conservation science and practice series ; no. 3
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| Contents |
How participatory research convinced a skeptic -- Sharing in innovation -- Farmer philosophies on participatory research -- Retracing the trail to wisdom: doing science together in Cibecue -- The land has wisdom -- What makes a scientist? studying the impacts of harvest in the Pacific northwest -- She fell out of the sky: Salal harvesters' reflections on participatory research -- Research sounds so big -- Where peace comes dropping slow: the forests and nature for us -- From participation to partnership: devolution, forest communities and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Malinau, Indonesia -- Malinau villagers' relationship with CIFOR -- Rediscovering participation: reflections on the Mhondoro Tree Project -- You have to be humble: reflections on participatory research -- New seeds, new selves, new societies: rural women's reflections on participatory research in plant breeding -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
"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. Interdependent science, that is, science undertaken collaboratively by local and professional scientists, can create new knowledge to achieve conservation goals. 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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sustainable living -- Research.
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Conservation of natural resources -- Research.
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Rural development -- Environmental aspects -- Research.
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Participant observation.
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| Author |
Fortmann, Louise.
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| LC no. |
2008015535 |
| ISBN |
9781405187329 (hbk.) |
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1405187328 (hbk.) |
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9781405176798 (paperback) |
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1405176792 (paperback) |
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