NDLI: Participatory Resource Monitoring as a Means for Promoting Social Change in Yunnan, China

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Rijsoort, Jeannette Jinfeng, Zhang
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Recent international forest policies stimulate involvement of communities in forest management as a strategy to improve biodiversity conservation and the quality of local livelihoods. Increasingly, the role of local people in monitoring forest resources is also acknowledged. This paper presents a participatory resources monitoring (PRM) system developed and implemented by representatives of 12 villages, six each within and adjacent to two nature reserves in Yunnan, China. The short-term objectives are to monitor resource and wildlife abundance, resource use, wildlife damage to crops, and land use. Main methods used by the village monitoring team are: (1) observation through forest walk, (2) village interview, and (3) market survey. Monitoring is implemented throughout the year to fit in the daily work of villagers. Staff from the nature reserve or forestry bureau provide support by visiting the villages several days per year. Results indicate that participatory monitoring is a valuable tool for villagers to engage in self-owned management actions. We discuss how monitoring is also a process which could lead to social change. Based on narratives we suggest that participatory monitoring builds trust between stakeholders, changes perceptions and attitudes and leads to more democratic and transparent decision-making. In discussing accuracy, we argue that all stakeholders perceive and interpret nature differently based on different worldviews, knowledge systems, values and beliefs. We argue that if participatory monitoring is to be sustainable, community-based monitoring – preferably linked to scientific monitoring and patrolling – should be designed as a discursive institution where the process of building social capital and inter-actor learning is extremely important. Finally, we briefly reflect upon efforts to scale up participatory monitoring.
Starting Page	2543
Ending Page	2573
Page Count	31
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09603115
Journal	Biodiversity and Conservation
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	11
e-ISSN	15729710
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	China Locally-based monitoring Participatory monitoring Perceptions Process approach Social change Yunnan Evolutionary Biology Tree Biology Plant Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Biodiversity and biodiversity conservation in Yunnan, China

Plant diversity and priority conservation areas of Northwestern Yunnan, China

Projects Come, Projects Go: Lessons from Participatory Monitoring in Southern Laos

Biodiversity of Bitahai Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, China

Biodiversity impact analysis in northwest Yunnan, southwest China

Strategies for agrobiodiversity conservation and promotion: a case from Yunnan, China

Does Monitoring Matter? A Quantitative Assessment of Management Decisions from Locally-based Monitoring of Protected Areas

Change of tree diversity on Northeast China Transect (NECT)

Towards a more balanced view on the potentials of locally-based monitoring

Participatory Resource Monitoring as a Means for Promoting Social Change in Yunnan, China

Similar Documents

Biodiversity and biodiversity conservation in Yunnan, China

Plant diversity and priority conservation areas of Northwestern Yunnan, China

Projects Come, Projects Go: Lessons from Participatory Monitoring in Southern Laos

Biodiversity of Bitahai Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, China

Biodiversity impact analysis in northwest Yunnan, southwest China

Strategies for agrobiodiversity conservation and promotion: a case from Yunnan, China

Does Monitoring Matter? A Quantitative Assessment of Management Decisions from Locally-based Monitoring of Protected Areas

Change of tree diversity on Northeast China Transect (NECT)

Towards a more balanced view on the potentials of locally-based monitoring

Participatory Resource Monitoring as a Means for Promoting Social Change in Yunnan, China