ABSTRACT

Community biodiversity management (CBM) is a process or methodology made up of a set of practices. It is the strength of the sequence and combination of practices in which community members engage themselves, either autonomously or supported by conservation and development organizations, that results in the collective and conscious management of agrobiodiversity. Only when this situation emerges can the in situ conservation or on-farm management of agrobiodiversity be achieved (De Boef and Thijssen, Chapter 1.8). Part II focuses on sharing a range of practices that are commonly used by different types of organizations, complementing the series of more introductory, conceptual descriptions of CBM processes presented in Part I.