Information support for natural resource management policy

Proceedings of a CTA workshop

Compte rendu d'un atelier organisé par le CTA sur le soutien informationnel aux politiques de gestion des ressources naturelles

Wageningen, The Netherlands, 26-29 January 1999

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In his keynote paper presented at this workshop on 'Information support for natural resource management policy', organised by CTA and held in Wageningen, The Netherlands in January 1999, Katerere stated that 'Policy is a statement of intent to achieve a desired outcome. (but) unless it can be translated into action, it remains merely opinion.' Policy therefore embodies both plans and their implementation with the aim of bringing about positive changes within society. The focus on positive changes is all the more essential since, as experiences in the forestry sector have shown, policies themselves are often to blame for environmental degradation (Buttoud). The goal of policy is to ensure socio-economic development (Okedi). Socio-economic development will, in turn, enhance environmental protection and resource conservation. The mutual influence between development and resource conservation was also stressed in the opening remarks to the workshop given by the Director of CTA, who considered that sustainable agricultural development is essential for natural resource management (NRM).

The names cited in this introduction are the names of the authors of papers presented at the workshop.

Contents

Part 1: Preliminary reports and opening remarks

• Summary report
• Problem statement
• Workshop objectives and methodology
• Opening remarks

Part 2: Keynote papers

• Who makes policy and how? The case of community-based natural resource management in Southern Africa
  Qui formule les politiques et comment ? La gestion communautaire des ressources naturelles en Afrique australe
  Yemi Katerere
• The role of information exchange in the process of formulating forestry policies
  Le rôle de l'information réciproque dans le processus de formulation des politiques forestières
  Gérard Buttoud
• Monitoring, evaluating and exchanging information on desertification: the implementation of the CCD in Africa
  Le suivi-évaluation et les systèmes de circulation de l'information en matière de lutte contre la désertification : la mise en oeuvre de la CCD en Afrique
  Youssef Brahimi

Part 3: Country reports

• Information support for natural resource management policy formulation in Uganda
  John Y. Okedi
• Information and institutional systems required for natural resource policy formulation in South Africa
  Nabulo J. Nduli
• Management strategy for the natural resources of the N'Gotto forest, Central African Republic
  Stratégie de gestion des ressources naturelles de la forêt de N'Gotto (République centrafricaine)
  Georges N'Gassé
• Information support for natural resource management policy formulation in the Pacific region: a case study of Fiji
  Soutien informationnel aux politiques de gestion des ressources naturelles 208 dans le Pacifique : étude de cas des Fidji
  Imam Ali and Rajesh Chandra

Appendices

• Working group reports / Rapports des groupes de travail
• Workshop programme
• Steering Committee members and resource persons
• List of participants
• Acronyms and abbreviations