Browsing Miscellaneous themes by Author "Ratner, B.D."
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Problem formulation and options assessment: science-guided deliberation in environmental risk assessment of transgenic fish
(2007)Type: Book ChapterThis chapter provides an overview of problem formulation and options assessment (PFOA) for scientists, risk assessment specialists, industry representatives and other interested public stakeholders who may be involved in ... -
Resource conflict, collective action and resilience: an analytical framework
(2010)Type: Working PaperIn developing countries where access to and use of renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods are highly contested, improving cooperation in their management is increasingly seen as an important element in ... -
Resource conflict, collective action, and resilience: an analytical framework
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleWhere access to renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods is highly contested, improving cooperation in resource management is an important element in strategies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention. ... -
Solomon Islands: Essential aspects of governance for Aquatic Agricultural Systems in Malaita Hub
(2013)Type: Working PaperIn late 2012, a governance assessment was carried out as part of the diagnosis phase of rollout of the CGIAR Aquatic Agricultural Systems Program in Malaita Hub in Solomon Islands. The purpose of the assessment was to ... -
Strengthening governance across scales in aquatic agricultural systems
(2012)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems in developing countries face increasing competition from multiple stakeholders operating from local to national and regional scales over rights to access and use natural resources—land, water, ... -
Sustainability as a dialogue of values: Challenges to the sociology of development
(2013)Type: Book ChapterEven in an increasingly polarized climate of global policy-making, the ideal of “sustainable development” retains currency across a remarkably broad swath of the political spectrum in debating alternative scenarios for the ... -
Sustainability as a dialogue of values: Challenges to the sociology of development
(2004)Type: Journal ArticleEven in an increasingly polarized climate of global policy-making, the ideal of “sustainable development” retains currency across a remarkably broad swath of the political spectrum in debating alternative scenarios for the ... -
Sustainability in the Mekong River Basin: an experiment in transboundary governance
(2002)Type: Book ChapterThe sustainable management of international rivers was affirmed as a policy priority in Agenda 21 and figures as a key mandate of the Global Environment Facility. Yet, the institutions needed to translate such sustainability ... -
The politics of regional governance in the Mekong River Basin
(2003)Type: Journal ArticleThe opportunities for the six states that share the Mekong River to benefit directly from its joint management are more limited and the risks to the livelihoods of downstream communities from development schemes more ... -
Watershed governance: livelihoods and resource competition in the mountains of mainland Southeast Asia
(2000)Type: OtherThis paper examines the challenges of managing the upper watersheds of mainland Southeast Asia, taking local livelihoods and resource competition as its point of departure. The analysis presents the factors of change that ... -
Wetlands governance in the Mekong Region: country reports on the legal-institutional framework and economic valuation of aquatic resources
(2005)Type: ReportWetlands are central to the livelihoods of rural communities through out the Mekong Region, providing vital functions and services that support the rural economy, ensure food security for the most vulnerable membrs of ...
