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Strategies for sustainable natural resource management

This brief describes two case studies as follows: "Sub-Saharan Africa, with the highest fertility rate in the world, faces increasing demographic pressure on its natural resource base....

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The Pretoria Statement on the Future of African Agriculture

"On December 1-3, 2003, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Capacity Building International, Germany (InWent), the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), and the International Food Policy Research Institut

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Irrigation, collective action, and property rights

Governments are now shifting their role from direct management of irrigation systems to regulation of the water sector, provision of support services to water user associations, and capacity building among water user associations and irrigation se

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Property rights and collective action in watersheds

According to the authors, watersheds define a terrain united by the flow of water, nutrients, pollutants, and sediment. Watersheds also link foresters, farmers, fishers, and urban dwellers in intricate social relationships.

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Understanding collective action

The author tells us that Collective action occurs when more than one individual is required to contribute to an effort in order to achieve an outcome.