Deadline: 24 March 2015
Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation has announced applications for Adaptive management of natural resources : Managing environmental impact of rural development. The mission of this programme is to understand the importance and use of collaborative learning processes in multi-stakeholder settings.
This three-week course has been developed in partnership between Wageningen University and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) at Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana. It offers a critical analysis of current developments and trends in the NRM sector, and advocates an adaptive management approach (AM).
Objectives:
- understanding of the conditions in which AM can be successfully applied
- the ability to design an AM process, selecting appropriate participatory tools and methods that fit in the local situation
- the knowledge and ability to organise participatory social learning processes;
- improved skills to facilitate AM processes.
Eligibility criteria:
The course targets mid-to senior-level resource managers and rural development, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and nature conservation sectors, academia, private sector and civil society representatives with a stake in rural development and the NRM sectors.
For more information, visit this link.
