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This paper summarises the findings of a two-year research project, which provided detailed case studies of the processes and impacts of 22 participatory watershed development projects, and discusses implications for the future of watershed development and policy. It argues that for soil and water conservation to be successful and sustained, project must see farmers as the solution rather than the problem and so put local knowledge and skills at the core of porgrammes.

This paper reports on a pilot process used by Uganda National Parks (UNP) in collaboration with CARE's Development Through Conservation Project (DTC) to establish collaborative forest management with communuities surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga National Park in south west Uganda.
The report begins by outlining the history of resource use and conservation in the two national parks concerned and then goes on to outline step by step the process used, which involved participatory work with various types of community organisations. Finally, the potential of collaborative resource management in Uganda is examined.

This document outlines the content of a workshop held to examine the use of participatory methodologies in livestock projects, with a particular emphasis on the collection and use of ethno-vetinary information.

A report prepared as part of the Zambia Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA).
This document reports on the findings and methodology used to investigate the following issues in rural Zambia:
- local perceptions of poverty, vulnerability and relative well-being
- what the poor themselves see as the most effective actions for poverty reduction which can be taken by i) individuals or families ii) communities iii)government agencies iv) other institutions
- the main concerns and problems in poor rural people's lives at present and how these have changed over the last 5-10 years
Finally, the report summarises the most significant policy related findings of the PPA.