Miscellaneous themes: Recent submissions
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How do hunter-gatherers learn? The transmission of indigenous knowledge among the Agta of the Philippines
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe Agta of the Philippines depend on extensive knowledge of their natural environment for their livelihoods. However, little is known about the transmission of this indigenous ecological knowledge. This paper examines the ... -
Participatory action research: Guide for facilitators
(2014)Type: ManualThis guide is a resource document for the training and capacity building of facilitators who conduct participatory action research (PAR) in the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS). AAS aims to ... -
Capacity to innovate from a system CGIAR research program perspective
(2014)Type: BriefThe three system CGIAR research programs on Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics, Dryland Systems and Aquatic Agricultural Systems have included "capacity to innovate" as an intermediate development outcome in their ... -
Collaborative dialogue to support local institutions in natural resource co-management
(2014)Type: BriefCo-management of natural resources entails sharing authority and responsibility among government agencies, industry associations and community-based institutions. Policymakers and development agencies have embraced the ... -
Investing in collaboration to manage environmental resource conflict
(2014)Type: BriefConflict over environmental resources endangers rural people's livelihoods and can increase the risk of broader social conflict. Yet action to sustain shared resources can also be a potent source of community building. ... -
Solomon Islands: Western Province situation analysis
(2014)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are places where farming and fishing in freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to household income and food security. Globally, the livelihoods of many poor and ... -
A digital approach to surveys in developing countries
(2014)Type: Book ChapterIn this paper, the authors present a methodology developed for gathering socioeconomic and environmental survey data in the field. The system is divided into two interfaces: i) an Android tablet with survey software for ... -
Monitoring and evaluations strategy brief
(2014)Type: BriefThis brief provides an overview of the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) and describes how the M&E system is designed to support the program to achieve ... -
Feedbacks as a bridging concept for advancing transdisciplinary sustainability research
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe emergence of transformation as a core component in sustainability science and practice has opened an exciting space for transdisciplinary research. Yet, the mainstreaming of transformation has also exposed epistemological ... -
Solomon Islands: Western Hub scoping report
(2014)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are places where farming and fishing in freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to household income and food security. Globally, the livelihoods of many poor and ... -
A new professionalism for agricultural research for development
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThere have been repeated calls for a 'new professionalism' for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the ... -
Evaluating complex interventions: A theory-driven realist-informed approach
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThere is a growing recognition that programs that seek to change people's lives are intervening in complex systems, which puts a particular set of requirements on program monitoring and evaluation. Developing complexity-aware ... -
Rethinking environmental leadership: The social construction of leaders and leadership in discourses of ecological crisis, development, and conservation
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleLeadership is heralded as being critical to addressing the "crisis of governance" facing the Earths natural systems. While political, economic, and corporate discourses of leadership have been widely and critically ... -
Redistribution of water use and benefits among hydropower affected communities in Lao PDR
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we assess how resettlement and changes in water access have altered livelihoods of local communities upstream of the Theun Hinboun Expansion Project in Lao PDR. Based on household surveys conducted both ... -
Towards a complexity-aware theory of change for participatory research programs working within agricultural innovation systems
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleAgricultural innovation systems (AIS) are increasingly recognized as complex adaptive systems in which interventions cannot be expected to create predictable, linear impacts. Nevertheless, the logic models and theory of ... -
Successes and failures of crocodile conservation strategies in the Asia Pacific
(2016)Type: Book ChapterIn this chapter, the authors examine whether the leather trade or other economic uses of crocodiles really are key to conserving the threatened crocodilians in the Asia Pacific region. They review six species of crocodile ... -
Spatial Data Quality Control for the Coral Triangle Atlas
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe Coral Triangle is a global priority for conservation and since the creation of the Coral Triangle Initiative in 2007 it has been a major focus for a multi-lateral conservation partnership uniting the regions six ... -
Figments of fire and forest: Shifting cultivation policy in the Philippines and Indonesia
(2017)Type: Book ChapterShifting cultivation supports around 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region alone. It is often regarded as a primitive and inefficient form of agriculture that destroys forests, causes soil erosion and robs lowland ... -
Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleSocial networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local conservation actions. Yet, few studies ... -
A global perspective on the trophic geography of sharks
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleSharks are a diverse group of mobile predators that forage across varied spatial scales and have the potential to influence food web dynamics. The ecological consequences of recent declines in shark biomass may extend ...
