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The 'Participatory' concept in Conservation...what are the advantages?
September 11, 2006 - 05:46 AM
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The key word in enviromental conservation concepts these days is 'Participation' you hear of things like Participatory Catchment or Watershed Management, Participatory Landuse Planning etc ..... this aims at involving all the affected/concerned stakeholers on that particular conservation project/activity. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach to conservation?
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Re: The 'Participatory' concept in Conservation... is it really working?
September 12, 2006 - 05:55 AM
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what is participatory anyway???
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Re: The 'Participatory' concept in Conservation... is it really working?
September 12, 2006 - 07:36 AM
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Your discussion topic is very vague. You need to give asuitable background with examples so that those of us who are willing to make contributions would know the line your discussion wants to tow. I believe you have an important issue to discuss, pls represent it.
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Re: The 'Participatory' concept in Conservation...what are the advantages?
September 26, 2006 - 06:38 AM
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I believe "paticipatory" concept in conservation can work and has a lot of advantages. I do speak from experience. We have been talking about participation of variuos stakeholders in conservation. This can mean a lot bearing in mind that even that Elephant in the wilderness can be and is a stakeholder. Paticipatory concept can involve both possitive participation ar negative participation. This is where the difference between that Elephant as satakeholder and us Human beings as stakeholders. The Elephant for instance will believe that by cutting down trees, it will showing its streangth without thinking of its consequences, whereas for the Human beings, one will be at a position to think or even be told of the consequences. therefor if all of us understand the consequences of not participating possitively towards the environmental conservation, then we will surely be aware that we are going to forfait the rich biodiversity in the environment that is so fundamental for the source of productivity and growth of development. Other scenarios may also arise which may be a subject for discusion at a later date. For now let me answer, according to my understanding, the advantages of participatory conservation concept:
["ONE WILL BE ABLE TO BE ATTACHED TO WHATEVER HE OR SHE IS CONSERVING IN SUCH A WAY THAT HE OR SHE WIL ENSURE THAT THE CONSERVATION IS PERFECT"]
["THE PRINCIPLE REASON FOR CONSEVATION WILL BE UNDERSTOOD AS ONE WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN FIRST HAND WITHOUT BEING COERSED BUT BECAOUSE THEY FEEL GOOD TO CONSERVE SINCE THEY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS THEREIN. THIS WILL ENSURE TAHT ONE DOES WHAT HE OR SHE KNOWS]
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Re: The 'Participatory' concept in Conservation...what are the advantages?
November 11, 2006 - 04:29 PM
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I haven't seen any negative aspect of the participatory approach. To involve all the stakeholders in the conservation makes the program more effective and efficient. You just need the competencies to manage the groups.
Regarding the benefits, it is a pure democratic excercise and all know the benefits of the democracy. The participation in the conservation makes people more aware about the environmental aspets, it is also essential to support the people to develop their capacity in order to make them able.
The best example of participatory conservation is the community forestry program of Nepal, where about one-third population are directly involving in the forest management and creating local employment. In addition, they are excercising good governance and developing capacity of their members. The community forestry program is a suitable example of the participatory approach which is heading to achieve the millennium development goals.
This post was edited on: 2006-11-11 at 04:36 PM by: rjerung
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Re: The 'Participatory' concept in Conservation...what are the advantages?
January 9, 2007 - 09:58 AM
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rjerung wrote:
The best example of participatory conservation is the community forestry program of Nepal, where about one-third population are directly involving in the forest management and creating local employment. In addition, they are excercising good governance and developing capacity of their members. The community forestry program is a suitable example of the participatory approach which is heading to achieve the millennium development goals.
This post was edited on: 2006-11-11 at 04:36 PM by: rjerung
I completely agree with the fact that participation is a key for a better management of the resource. Anyway, how can you say that the Community forestry in Nepal is the best example of participatory conservation. What are your criteria? because for me involving one third (quantitative results) of the community in the management do not assure anything. And also, good governance + empowering local people is just the theoritical part of the public participation not the reality in the fields.
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