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Enabling natural resource managers to self-assess their adaptive capacity

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  • Brown, Peter R.
  • Nelson, Rohan
  • Jacobs, Brent
  • Kokic, Phil
  • Tracey, Jacquie
  • Ahmed, Mehnaz
  • DeVoil, Peter
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    Abstract

    We describe the development of a low cost, repeatable self-assessment process enabling community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) groups to set priorities for building their capacity to adopt sustainable farming practices and adapt to global change. Regional measures of adaptive capacity derived from rural livelihoods analysis were populated with secondary data and used to communicate the multiple dimensions of adaptive capacity to groups of landowners. This conceptual framework was then used to derive locally relevant measures of adaptive capacity via focus groups drawn from pre-existing networks of land managers. The key issue discussed at the workshop was what constrained or enabled private land managers to effectively manage natural resources. This self-assessment process was designed to support dialogue between CBNRM groups, industry and governments to prioritise collective action for building adaptive capacity. The approach was piloted with CBNRM groups across New South Wales, Australia.

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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Agricultural Systems.

    Volume (Year): 103 (2010)
    Issue (Month): 8 (October)
    Pages: 562-568

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:103:y:2010:i:8:p:562-568

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    Keywords: Adaptive capacity Community Farming Land managers Natural resource management Rural livelihoods analysis;

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