Gender and social capital: The importance of gender differences for the maturity and effectiveness of natural resource management groups

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1783-1799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Westermann ◽  
Jacqueline Ashby ◽  
Jules Pretty
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Management Groups

What makes catchment management groups “tick”?

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Catchment Management ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Management Group ◽  
Eclectic Approach ◽  
Management Groups

The work of catchment management groups throughout Australia represents a significant economic and social investment in natural resource management. Institutional structures and policies, the role of on-ground coordinators, facilitation processes, citizen participation and social capital are critical factors influencing the success of catchment management groups. From a participant-researcher viewpoint, this paper signposts research directions and themes that are being pursued from the participant/coordinator, catchment group, and lead government/non-government agency perspective on the influence of these factors on the success of a catchment management group in the Pumicestone Region of Southeast Queensland, Australia. Research directions, themes and discussion/reflection points for practitioners include - the importance of understanding milieu; motivation; success; having fun; "networking networks"; involvement of "non-traditional" stakeholders; development of stakeholder/participant partnerships; learning from other practitioners; methods of stakeholder/participant representation; evaluation; the need for guiding principles or philosophy; the equivalence of planning, implementation, evaluation, and resourcing; catchments as fundamental units of Nature; continuity of support for groups; recognising a new role for government; working with existing networks; and the need for an eclectic approach to natural resource management.

Social Capital and Natural Resource Management

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Ballet ◽  
Nicolas Sirven ◽  
Mélanie Requiers-Desjardins
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resource
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