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Local & community governance
Rights-based approaches: exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
This volume gives an overview of key issues and questions in Rights-Based Approaches (RBA) and reveiws rights and social justice-related policies of major international organisations. It also provides case studies of RBA's from the Middle East, Nepal and South Africa. (CIFOR: 2009) More info >>
Guidelines for indigenous participation in natural resource management
This guide aims to encourage and assist the engagement and formation of partnerships with Indigenous people in natural resource management in Australia. (Natural Resource Management Australia: 2004) More info >>
The Change Agency
Website of The Change Agency, an independent learning initiative that works with community and advocacy groups to help them develop and implement plans to clarify purpose, focus energy and achieve social and environmental impact. (The Change Agency) More info >>
Communication, education and public awareness toolkit
This toolkit provides a range of communication, education and public awareness tools to help motivate and mobilise individual and collective action. (Communication, Education and Public Awareness Toolkit) More info >>
Social and community dimensions of natural resource management
This paper provides an overview of issues and related research in the social and community dimensions of natural resource management (NRM) in Australia. (Consortium for Integrated Resource Management: 2001) More info >>
Public participation in Local Agenda 21
This report presents a collection of project case studies on community and local government participation in a range of initiatives aimed at supporting Agenda 21. (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives: 2002) More info >>
The role of local government in natural resource management
This page presents a range of information relating to the relating to natural resource/environmental management and identifies the potential for Local Government to play the central role as the natural resource/environment manager at local/regional level. (Local Government Association of NSW and the Shires Association of NSW) More info >>