participatory community natural resource management
English translation: See explanation below...
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05:41 Aug 20, 2004
English to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Forestry / Wood / Timber
English term or phrase:participatory community natural resource management
Terms and conditions for submission of proposals in application of small grants to fund operations to promote tropical forests:
"The organiser will only fund proposals which work with indigenous communities who both live in and from the forests. Of particular interest will be proposals, which focus on communities, with the following characteristics:
• A demonstrated interest and commitment to participatory community natural resource management.
• Communities highly dependent upon the goods and services rendered from their local forest resource."
Cannot make sense of the second bullet. Thanks in advance for any help.
Explanation: They especially like proposals that can demonstrate that they support (policies of) managing natural resources [=timber, the forest, etc.] that involve participation by the local community [= native inhabitants] --- in other words, you get the locals involved in your project, thus providing work / income for them, rather than bringing in outside labour, for example --- and hopefully, get them to run the project themsleves, so that they are not / do not become too dependent on outside business interests
Does that help at all?
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 46 mins (2004-08-20 10:27:23 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
In answer to Ramesh\'s query about \'does demonstrated imply previous references in this field?\'
It\'s an interesting idea, but I originally discounted it because the structure of the piece (clumsy though it is) makes it clear (?) that it is the PROPOSALS themselves that must have a \'demonstrated interest\', rather than the PROPOSERS. So I didn\'t see how that could be talking about \'references from previous work\'. However, that could of course be one way of reading it...
I figured they just meant that \'in the proposal itself, it must show clearly just HOW they intend to implement these laudable ideals\'.
I'm so sorry, I meant that I cannot make sense of the FIRST bullet, and not the first. Sorry, Syamal.
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I have explained the meaning of the second bullet below
Explanation: Communities highly dependent upon the goods and services rendered from their local forest resource."
The communities that depend on the goods and services of the local forest resource such as the tribal communities in India and in other parts of asia. These communities and other such communities use the forest resources for fuel, food, making houses etc. This implies that most of their needs are fulfilled by the forest and this results in heavy deforestation by them. One may argue that as they are the closest to the forests and it is their home and their land but at the same time one can not ignore the harm that is done to our environment which belongs to the whole of humanity and not just the tribal people.
Ritu Bhanot France Local time: 11:32 Native speaker of: English, Hindi
Explanation: They especially like proposals that can demonstrate that they support (policies of) managing natural resources [=timber, the forest, etc.] that involve participation by the local community [= native inhabitants] --- in other words, you get the locals involved in your project, thus providing work / income for them, rather than bringing in outside labour, for example --- and hopefully, get them to run the project themsleves, so that they are not / do not become too dependent on outside business interests
Does that help at all?
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 46 mins (2004-08-20 10:27:23 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
In answer to Ramesh\'s query about \'does demonstrated imply previous references in this field?\'
It\'s an interesting idea, but I originally discounted it because the structure of the piece (clumsy though it is) makes it clear (?) that it is the PROPOSALS themselves that must have a \'demonstrated interest\', rather than the PROPOSERS. So I didn\'t see how that could be talking about \'references from previous work\'. However, that could of course be one way of reading it...
I figured they just meant that \'in the proposal itself, it must show clearly just HOW they intend to implement these laudable ideals\'.
Tony M France Local time: 11:32 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
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peer agreement (net): +1
