Pedro Fidelman

The current edition of the Commons Digest, a quarterly publication of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), reports on the 12th IASC biennial meeting, held in Cheltenham, England in July 2008.

This edition of the Commons Digest is available at:
http://www.iascp.org/E-CPR/cd07.pdf

An overview of the scientific research on climate change and its impacts published since the IPCC 4th Assessment Report reveals that global warming is accelarating, at times far beyond IPCC 2007 forecasts.

Download the summary at:
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/
wwf_science_paper_october_2008.pdf

Rights and Resources Initiative announces the release of five new reports looking at local rights and community forest tenure in the context of the global challenges of climate change, conflict, and conservation. (more…)

The Representation and Equity Research at the World Resources Institute has announced a long list of new publications, which are now available on-line. Publications List, with links to all their publications since 2000, can be accessed by clicking on:

http://pdf.wri.org/epe_publications_catalog.pdf

This guide is the second in a series of documents designed to support agencies implementing participatory agro enterprise development programs operating within defined geographical areas.

Download the guide at
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/

Gender and Collective Action: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis

By Lauren Pandolfelli, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Stephan Dohrn

This paper presents a framework for investigating the intersection of collective action and gender; i.e. how gender-oriented analysis can foster more effective collective action in the context of agriculture and natural resource management and how collective action can be used as a vehicle for gender equity. (more…)