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GRASSROOTS INDICATORS FOR DESERTIFICATION Experience and Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa Edited by Helen Hambly and Tobias Onweng Angura IDRC 1996 ISBN 0-88936-794-9 180 pp. "Knowledge is power" has become a common but true cliché in development research. And, as two sides of the same coin, "knowledge sharing" and "power sharing" lie at the root of many development problems, including drought and desertification. But what of grassroots knowledge? Measures or signals of environmental quality or change recorded by individuals, households, and communities are derived from local systems of observation, practice, and indigenous knowledge. They are grassroots indicators and, used effectively, may lead to the creation of new and more accurate development indicators, as well as improved processes for both planning and monitoring. This is the central focus of Grassroots Indicators for Desertification. The book documents why grassroots indicators should play a key role in the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems for sustainable development and, more specifically, in efforts to reverse desertification and other forms of land degradation. It also shows how their use would encourage local control of the generation and use of knowledge. THE EDITORS Helen Hambly has been involved in the Grassroots Indicators Project since 1993. She is currently completing her PhD dissertation with the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada. Tobias Onweng Angura is the Acting Regional Coordinator of the Africa Grassroots Indicators Network. He is a Research Associate at the Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Foreword The Honourable David Pulkol 1996 Preface H.H. and T.O.A. 1996 Introduction Helen Hambly 1996 Part 1: Context and Concepts An Historical Perspective on Indicators in Development Studies and the Need for Critical Reassessment Adolfo Mascarenhas 1996 Part 1: Context and Concepts Toward Improved Indicators to Measure Desertification and Monitor the Implementation of the Desertification Convention Hartmut Krugmann 1996 Part 1: Context and Concepts Grassroots Indicators and Scientific Indicators: Their Role in Decentralized Planning in the Arid Lands of Uganda Patrick Orone 1996 Part 2: Methods and Approaches The Importance of Cosmology Dan Lubowa 1996 Part 2: Methods and Approaches Language and Grassroots Environment Indicators Frederick Mwesigye 1996 Part 2: Methods and Approaches Research Methodologies for Identifying and Validating Grassroots Indicators Lemeck Kinyunyu and Marja-Liisa Swantz 1996 Part 2: Methods and Approaches Identification of Land Degradation Levels at the Grassroots Matthijs de Vreede 1996 Part 3: Implications and Impact Changes in Environmental Conditions: Their Potential as Indicators for Monitoring Household Food Security Robert K.N. Mwadime 1996 Part 3: Implications and Impact Akamba Land Management Systems: The Role of Grassroots Indicators in Drought-Prone Cultures Wilhelmina Oduol 1996 Part 3: Implications and Impact Pastoral Maasai Grassroots Indicators for Sustainable Resource Management Naomi Kipuri 1996 Part 3: Implications and Impact The Use of Trees, Birds and Animal Behavior as Measures of Environmental Change by the Shona People of Zimbabwe Claude G. Mararike 1996 Appendix: Report of the Workshop on Grassroots Indicators for Sustainable and Equitable Development 1996 Acronyms 1996 Bibliography 1996 The Editors and Contributors 1996 Résumé français 1996 |
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