Community-based natural resource management: a re- analysis of community relationships in four domains

Professorial Chair Lecture

SEARCA Professorial Chair Lecture

Place

CAS Conference Room

Date

6-20-2007

Abstract

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) has gradually developed as a management paradigm representing a shift from a bureaucratic top-down approach to one that empowers communities to co-manage the resources that they utilize. The objective of the paper is to re=analyze community relationships in the following domains: (1) Relationships of community with specific natural resource. The studies reflect two sets of beliefs: one is the interrelatedness of humans, nature and the supernatural; the other is beliefs in mastery of nature and utility of natural resources. (2) Relationships among community members. The studies are categorized into community attachment and cohesion, formal organization of community members, and empowerment. (3) Relationships between community and NGOs. The issues addressed in this domain are organizational development, dependency-autonomy, and networks. (4) Relationships between community and GA/LGU. The papers are on policy and power relations, incentives, and co-management. the re-analysis of these domains deconstructs the meanings of community relationships focusing on the complexity and contexts of these relationships and the building of networks, trust and social capital. The paper concludes with implications of community relationships on natural resource management by advocating greater attention t building social capital, forging equitable relationships developing genuine partnerships, and spreading the gains of CBNRM

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Language

English

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