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People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
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Guy Bessette (ed.)

London; Ottawa: Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2006), 313 pp.

"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N ... RM, particularly in Asia and Africa. There are many approaches and practices in development communication, and most of them have been implemented in the field of environment and natural resource management. But, even when considering participatory approaches in NRM, communication is often limited to information dissemination activities that mainly use printed materials, radio programmes and educational videos to send messages, explain technologies or illustrate activities. These approaches, with their strengths and weaknesses, have been well documented. Participatory development communication takes another perspective. This form of communication facilitates participation in a development initiative identified and selected by a community, with or without the external assistance of other stakeholders. The terminology has been used in the past by a number of scholars to stress the participatory approach of communication in contrast with its more traditional diffusion approach. Others refer to similar approaches as participatory communication for development, participatory communication or communication for social change. In this publication, participatory development communication is considered to be a planned activity that is based on participatory processes and on media and interpersonal communication. This communication facilitates dialogue among different stakeholders around a common development problem or goal. The objective is to develop and implement a set of activities that contribute to a solution to the problem or the realization of a goal, and which support and accompany this initiative. This kind of communication requires moving from a focus on information and persuasion to facilitating exchanges between different stakeholders to address a common problem, to develop a concrete initiative for experimenting with possible solutions, and to identify the partnerships, knowledge and materials needed to support these solutions." (Preface) more

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Communicating Sustainability: How to Produce Effective Public Campaigns

Lucy Shea, Solange Montillaud-Joyel

Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Futerra (2005), 66 pp.

"This guide profiles public campaigns from around the world that have already proved their positive impact on the public, including communications on energy savings, water and air pollution, waste management, and natural resources' shortage. The guide is a first step towards the development of an in ... more

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Media and Glocal Change: Rethinking Communication for Development

Oscar Hemer, Thomas Tufte (eds.)

Buenos Aires: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO); Nordicom (2005), 493 pp.

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Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis

Gerd Michelsen, Jasmin Godemann (eds.)

München: Oekom (2005), 932 pp.

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Comunicando la sustentabilidad: Cómo producir campañas públicas efectivas

Lucy Shea, Solange Montillaud-Joyel

Paris; London: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Futerra Sustainability Communications (2005), 66 pp.

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Communication for Development Roundtable Report: Focus on Sustainable Development. 9th United Nations Roundtable on Communication for Development

Rome: FAO (2005), 96 pp.

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Media for Sustainable Development. Content Survey: A Baseline Study Report on Sustainable Development Content/Themes for Community Radio Stations in Africa and Central America

AMARC Africa, Panos Southern Africa, Pronatura

Open Society Foundation (2004), 117 pp.

"The summary of findings for this study is drawn from extensive research conducted in the form of questionnaires and focus groups. The aim of the study was to assess the level at which community radio stations in Africa are involved in programming of content on sustainable development themes/ topics ... more

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TV-Medien und Nachhaltigkeit: Kurz-Studie zur Ermittlung von Formen, Hindernissen und Potenzialen der Darstellung von Nachhaltigkeitsthemen in ausgewählten deutschen Fernsehprogrammen

Friedrich Hagedorn, Heinz H. Meyer, Marie-Luise Braun, Michael Heming

Marl: Grimme-Institut; Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (2004), 88 pp.

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Information for Sustainable Livelihoods: A Review of Literature Produced for the Strategic Programme for Information on Sustainable Livelihoods

Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) (2002), 23 pp.

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Sustainable Development Strategies: A Resource Book

Barry Dalal-Clayton, Stephen Bass (comps.)

London: Earthscan; OECD; UNDP (2002), xxiv, 359 pp.

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Communicating the Environment: Environmental Communication for Sustainable Development

Manfred Oepen, Winfried Hamacher (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (2000), 295 pp.

"A group of international communication and environmental specialists have put together a reader on environmental communication (EnvCom) that show-cases related concepts, success stories and lessons learned in this field. The book, written in a non-academic language, lobbies for the recognition, sup ... more

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Ciudadanía planetaria: Temas y desafíos del periodismo ambiental

Edgar L. Arana, Robert Bazil, Vilmar Berna et al.

Federación Internacional de Periodistas Ambientales (IFEJ); Fundación Friedrich Ebert (FES) (2000), 221 pp.

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Evaluation of Norwegian Assistance to Worldview International Foundation and its Affiliates in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bangladesh

Asiakompetanse

Oslo: Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1997), 75 pp.

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Participatory Communication for Sustainable Development: Training Manual

Colombo: Worldview Internation Foundation (1995), 69 pp.

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management Deep Insights

People, Land and Water: Participatory Development Communication for Natural Resource Management
Deep Insights