Document providing brief example of different participatory tools.
This document comprises the last section of a workshop report from the Regional PRA Exchange Workshop in Amman, Jordan in 1997. It is a series of PRA Games and Exercises as shared by the workshop participants, each one briefly describing the objectives of the exercise, the procedure, tips and comments and finally the source (where known).
This paper examines the landcare movement in Australia and argues that in spite of the undoubted success in terms of mobilising community activity and in raising public awareness, there has been a failure to make a significant difference to the problem of natural resource degradation This is seen as a consequence of a lack of support from government and the wider public and it is argued that expecting rural communities to take responsibility for land conservation without commensurate resources to deal with it is exploitative rather than empowering. Hence, the author argues that greater public participation in the political process is required, whereby citizens and communities take a more active role in the policy making which affects them.
This paper reviews changes occurring in agricultural extension and research in Australia drawing on examples of several innovative programs, including land literacy. These initiatives are expanding the range and nature of stakeholder participation and in doing so making the distinction between extension and research redundant.
This paper examines the contribution of property management planning to improving the sustainability of Australian agriculture. Particular attention is paid to the Potter Farmland Plan Project, one of the most significant initiatives in the evolution of property planning in Australia. In this project fifteen farms were established as demonstrations of a farmer-based planning process in which ecological principles were integrated into farm design, layout and management.
A synthesis report describing key recommendations for the Regional Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resources regarding the soil and water conservation strategy in the Tigray region. Also, included is a report of the methodology and results of a three day participatory watershed planning exercise carried out with communities in the Addis Zeman catchment.
This paper is based on case studies from Zimbabwe, Botswana, Brazil, Nigeria and Papua New Guinea, in which an attempt was made to value species not incorporated in formal economic calculations. The studies were carried out by combining economic approaches for resource valuation or for incentives for resource management, with participatory research techniques, based largely on RRA and PRA. The two traditions are summarised and the way in which they can be combined explored, with reflections on some of the challenges encountered.