Community, Livelihood, and Gender: Tracing the Development of the Gender and Natural Resource Management Group

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su Cuiwei
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Oliver

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.


2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Johnson ◽  
Nina Lilja ◽  
Jacqueline A. Ashby ◽  
James A. Garcia

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