ABSTRACT
This work evaluates the merits of a widely-used approach to natural resource management, participatory action research (PAR), an approach to resource management that strives to link researchers with farmers and other local residents whose lives are effected by long-range conservation programmes. The authors begin the book with the history of PAR, and then use a variety of case studies that chronicle sustainable development efforts in Brazil. They evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these efforts and suggest specific ways to improve on future PAR efforts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |56 pages
Background
chapter |17 pages
Approaches to Resource Conservation
chapter |14 pages
Participatory Action Research
chapter |8 pages
Conceptual Framework
chapter |15 pages
The Resource Management Problem
part |79 pages
The Participatory Action Research Experience
chapter |20 pages
The Partnership with Farmers' Organizations
chapter |27 pages
Case Studies of the Multiple Stakeholders Platform Method
chapter |18 pages
Photo Essay
chapter |12 pages
Results at the Farm Level
part |64 pages
Lessons from the Participatory Action Research in the Transamazônica