Message-ID: <31D80977@hq.iucn.org> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 10:28:00 PDT From: "TEMM John (Chip)" <mailto:jot@HQ.IUCN.ORG> Subject: Collaborative Management and Conservation Research To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Hi,Here at the World Conservation Union's Social Policy Group, we're working on a paper which takes a close look at what have come to be called Collaborative Resource Management strategies- policies and practices which seek to include local peoples in schemes of conservation responsibilities & resource use rights. The theoretical underpinnings for these concepts range from neo-classical economics to human rights. In practice, CM runs the gamut between (supposedly) now-common participatory appraisals to devolution of resource use rights & conservation responsibilities to local communities.
While to many this inclusion-based concept may seem obvious, in conservation practice it is fairly novel. One of the things we're looking for right now as part of our background research are specific examples of agreements, formal or informal, between local user groups (eg villages, families, tribes, etc.) about resource use rights and responsibilities. There are ample examples of agreements between these groups and their governments or other outsiders, but internal negotiations, debates and agreements seem to have been overlooked in the conservation literature. SO, if you or any of your colleagues can help us with this quest, our gratitude would be endless and the quality of our analysis greatly enhanced. Copies of the finished work will be sent to contributors. In September we will announce, here and around the net, the paper's public release and hopefully a URL for quick access.
Many thanks in advance, Chip Temm * Pascal Girot * Christian Erni
IUCN Social Policy Group ++41 22 999-0274 phone Rue Mauverney 28 -0010 fax CH-1196 Gland Switzerland mailto:jot@hq.iucn.org