Message-ID: <19981111220801.AAF851@LOCALNAME> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 19:09:44 -0400 From: Kerry Miller <mailto:kerryo@NS.SYMPATICO.CA> Subject: (Fwd) Developmental sustainability: Improving community To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 22:59:04 -0600 (CST) From: mailto:changelinks@bigfoot.com Subject: WWW: Environmental sustainability: Improving community participation
The practice of involving people and building environmental partnerships requires not only a specialist knowledge of the particular area (agriculture, biodiversity, etc.), but also skills in a diverse range of areas from information management through to conflict resolution and collaborative problem solving.
The NRM_changelinks web site http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/ has been designed as a practical resource for natural resource managers, NGO's, scientists, academics, community leaders and others working to help communities identify and adopt more sustainable environmental practices.
The site provides a guide to a range of information, tips and techniques in fields such as sustainable development, adaptive management, participatory monitoring and evaluation, conflict resolution, partnership development, collaborative problem solving, decision support, action research, information management and collaborative/organisational learning. It also shows how the application of these areas are interlinked in practice. Collectively these approaches are suitable for those working in a wide range of areas such as rural development, conservation, biodiversity, water, agriculture, etc.
Another section in this site shows how to make the most of the Internet for sharing information, networking, decision support and learning. A guide is provided for those who are interested in developing their own web presence ... particularly aimed at showing how this can be done easily and at very little cost. Links are also provided to international job opportunities in the area of environment and development.
Willy Allen
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