Community Natural Resource Management

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

On completion, students should be able to demonstrate sound understanding of theories underpinning community participation in management, and will have practised techniques and processes in group facilitation and community assessment, planning and management of resources.

The content is presented under seven main headings:

• philosophy and evolution of participation and community management;

• models of community management of forests and other natural resources - overseas and in Australia;

• policy and institutional issues in community management;

• process and techniques in community enquiry, planning and research;

• issues in Koori community resource management;

• forms of evaluation in community management programs; and

• collaboration and conflict management.

Recommended Texts:

• Understanding Public Participation in Forest Planning in Australia. How Can We Learn from Each Other? (M Buchy and S Hoverman), ANU Forestry Occasional Paper 99.2, 1999
• Participatory Forestry: The Process of Change in India and Nepal (M Hobley), Overseas Development Institute, 1996
• Beyond Farmer First: Rural People's Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice (I Scoones and J Thompson, eds), International Technology Publications, 1994
• Systems Approaches for Improvement in Agriculture and Resource Management (K Wilson and G E B Morren), McMillan, 1990

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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