Collective Action and Property Rights for Sustainable Rangeland Management CAPRI Research Brief Editor: Esther Mwangi CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights • February 2005 This set of research briefs presents a summary of research work undertaken jointly by the International Livestock Research Institute, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the University […]
The Links Between Property Rights, Collective Action And Natural Resource Management February 7-11, 2005, Hyderabad, India Together with the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (ISEC), the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Hyderabad (ICRISAT) CAPRi successfully organized a training course on Natural Resource […]
September 29 - October 2, 2003, Rome, Italy Genetic resources refer to genetic material in plants and animals that determine useful traits that can be conserved, characterized, evaluated and used by people to meet their needs. Recent advances in molecular biology, genetics, and applied science in crop and livestock breeding and fisheries have made the […]
February 28 - March 1, 2002, Nyeri, Kenya This CAPRi sponsored workshop on methodologies was hosted by ICRAF near Nairobi. It gathered more than 40 researchers from CGIAR centers, national research partners, and external experts presenting theoretical work as well as case studies. The call for paper required submissions to address methodological aspect of collective […]
Hammamet, Tunisia. May 5-11, 2001 Contributing Institutions: CAPRi, ICARDA, ILRI, INRAT, IRESA, OEP Much of the degradation of rangelands in dry areas has arisen from inappropriate land use policies that ignore the impact of environmental risk. Increasingly, various types of tenure and institutional reform are accounting for risk factors and offering improved prospects for people […]
March 2000, Managua, Nicaragua Watersheds represent a complex of resources with multiple uses and users. There is growing attention to watershed management by government agencies, NGOs, and research organizations. Although the spatial scale and time frame of watershed management means that both collective action and property rights are very relevant, attention to institutional issues is […]
June 21-25, 1999, Puerto Azul, the Philippines Co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Development Centre (ZEL) of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE), the workshop brought together CAPRi researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to develop strategies for effective devolution of natural resource management. The call for papers relied on specific background information. The workshop […]
June 1998, Vancouver, BC, Canada The CAPRi panel at the meeting of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP) brought together findings from recent studies by a number of CAPRi members and provided a first step toward establishing identifying principles which cut across resources and regions. The following papers were presented: Narpat […]
November 1997, Aleppo, Syria Innovation in Natural Resource Management: The Role of Property Rights and Collective Action in Developing Countries Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Anna Knox, Frank Place, and Brent Swallow (eds). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2002 The Workshop on Property Rights, Collective Action, and Technology Adaptation was hosted by ICARDA headquarters in Aleppo. It […]
June 1996, Berkeley, California The CAPRi sponsored panel explored the nature of institutions that have the capacity to accommodate different and potentially competing categories of users of resources embodying different functions. The proceedings have been published as an IFPRI EPTD Workshop Summary Paper Brent M. Swallow, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Lee Ann Jackson, Timothy O. Williams, and […]
