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Participatory action research in natural resource management : a critique of the method based on five years' experience in the Transamazônica Region of Brazil

Title: Participatory action research in natural resource management : a critique of the method based on five years' experience in the Transamazônica Region of Brazil / Christian Castellanet, Carl F. Jordan.
Author: Castellanet, Christian, 1956-
Publication: New York : Taylor & Francis, [2002], ©2002.

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Jordan, Carl F.

Description

xii, 231 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Subjects

Natural resources > Brazil > Management
Action research > Brazil

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and indexes.

Contents

Pt. I. Background -- 1. Approaches to Resource Conservation -- 2. Participatory Action Research -- 3. Conceptual Framework -- 4. The Resource Management Problem -- Pt. II. The Participatory Action Research Experience -- 5. The Partnership with Farmers' Organizations -- 6. Case Studies of the Multiple Stakeholders Platform Method. Photo Essay -- 7. Results at the Farm Level -- Pt. III. Lessons from the Participatory Action Research in the Transamazonica -- 8. The Relationship Between Farmers and Researchers: Why There Was No Common Strategy -- 9. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: A Comparison of Conventional Diagnoses and Diagnoses Based on PAR -- 10. Evaluation of the Participatory Action Research Approach. LAET Publications.

ISBN

1560329793

OCLC

ocm50252696
SCSB-4290108

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Columbia University Libraries