Socioeconomic System of the Oil Boom and Rural Community Development in Western North Dakota

In South Africa, communal rural community development has, for the most part, been viewed as an add-on, rather than as an integral value in the broad spectrum of conservation activities being practised in the country. This paper, therefore, argues for the reality-based adoption of an extension of existing conservation paradigms to incorporate the development of communal rural communities as an integral part of the overall wildlife conservation and management policy in South Africa. The answer to the seeming contradiction in the focus of wildlife conservation and rural development lies in the devel- opment of wildlife management programmes based on multi-disciplinary and multiinstitutional interaction, by also harnessing scientific knowledge and skills found in the social sciences. In this manner, the present largely lip service related to so-called com- munity participation in wildlife management can be changed into programmes which really achieve conservation-based community development enhancing survival for both the communities and their inherent natural resources.

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Getting to know the island: Artistic experiments in rural community development

Journal of Rural Studies ◽

10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.12.007 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 134-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Julie Crawshaw ◽

Menelaos Gkartzios

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Rural Community ◽

Rural Community Development

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Adoption of Innovation in Small-Scale Forestry: The Case of Portable-Sawmill-Based Microenterprises

Journal of Social Change ◽

10.5590/josc.2015.07.1.03 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Crystal V Lupo

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Labor Force ◽

Rural Community ◽

Forest Conservation ◽

Common Factors ◽

Small Scale ◽

Niche Markets ◽

Rural Community Development ◽

Adoption Of Innovation ◽

Adoption Pattern

Microenterprise development can be a valuable societal component not only in terms of filling important niche markets, but also by enhancing a society's wellbeing through creating opportunities available to people who are marginalized by the labor force for one reason or another. Forest microenterprises, in particular, can enhance rural community development efforts, as well as forest conservation goals, by empowering local people to successfully manage their resources as well as offer the possibility of income enhancement (Salafsky, Cordes, Leighton, Henderson, Watt, & Cherry, 1997; Lupo, 2012). This paper explores the adoption of portable-sawmill-based forest microenterprises. Key findings include common factors motivating portable sawmill adoption, as well as a bimodal adoption pattern, supporting previously postulated arguments regarding the importance of creating multiple adoption theories.

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