Enhancing Natural Resources and Livelihoods Globally through Community-Based Resource Management
November 6 - 9, 2002
Community-Based Resource Management (CBRM) builds on the wisdom, social resiliency and cultural integrity of local communities in the way they make a living from the land, the water and the air that surrounds them. At this time of widespread ecological degradation and depletion of natural resources, it is imperative to assemble some of the leading CBRM practitioners to describe successes, develop even more effective strategies and strengthen global co-operation. To this end, the Centre for Community-Based Management, a joint initiative of the Coady International Institute and the Extension Department at St. Francis Xavier University, will bring together CBRM practitioners from around the globe in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada for a Learning and Innovations Institute. Discussions will focus on:
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The Learning and Innovations Institute, November 6th—9th, is designed to coincide with the delivery of a three-week certificate in CBRM offered by the Coady International Institute Beginning on November 11th, the certificate program will give participants an opportunity to continue their examination of CBRM principles, elements and tools to be applied in their local contexts.
The 3-day forum will attract senior CBRM practitioners and academics from both the North and the South, including First Nations participants. It will also be open to Coady staff and students, the Extension Department, other interested faculty, and members of the public. Individuals enrolled in the Certificate Program in CBRM will be required to participate in the Institute.
Participants will leave the Institute with new insights into their successes and challenges. They will teach, learn and inspire others. Collectively, participants will reflect upon and anticipate macro level changes in the global community that affect the practice of CBRM locally, and develop strategies to be proactive rather than reactive in the face of these changes. Participants will also analyze their role and that of their organization in using CBRM as a force for positive change. Finally, participants will begin to plan actions that collaboratively broaden the impact of CBRM best practices toward protecting the world's natural resources, ensuring their sustainable use by people and communities dependent upon them for their livelihood.
The Agenda
The agenda of the Institute will be divided into the following four stages which directly reflect the objectives of the Institute.
Participants
The Institute participants will be CBRM practitioners and thinkers representing a variety of organizations including communities, NGOs and research institutions. The participants, through their fieldwork, will be knowledgeable of best practices in CBRM and, through their own networks, will have the ability to engage communities in the action plan(s) developed during the Institute in their home countries.
Registration
$150 Canadian or $100 US.
The registration fee does not include meals or accommodations.
Contact
Pauline MacIntosh
Extension Department
St. Francis Xavier University
PO Box 5000
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Canada B2G 2W5
Phone: 902.867.5130
Fax: 902.867.2486
E-mail: pmacinto@stfx.ca
Registration Form (Acrobat) (HTML)
Sponsors & Donors
The Centre for Community-Based Management wishes to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their generous support of the 2002 Learning and Innovations Institute.