Browsing by Author "Poats, S. V."

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  • Género en el manejo de los recursos naturales con referencia al programa Minga del CIID
    Poats, S. V. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2000)
    El documento está dividido en seis partes. La primera presenta una breve descripción del Programa MINGA. La segunda sección ofrece una breve clarificación sobre el término ¿género¿ y su uso con relación a la conservación y manejo de los recursos naturales. La tercera presenta una síntesis sobre los orígenes de la preocupación de género en el trabajo ambiental, resumiendo los principales enfoques o escuelas de investigación y acción feminista ambiental. La cuarta sección comenta sobre la gama de metodologías existentes que pueden ser utilizadas y adecuadas al trabajo de investigación, acción y planificación en los trabajos relacionados con el manejo de recursos naturales. La quinta sección ofrece sugerencias para los próximos pasos necesarios para apoyar la incorporación de un enfoque de género en la investigación en las áreas de interés para el Programa MINGA del CIID. La última sección hace un análisis breve de cuatro experiencias en la región que ofrecen lecciones interesantes y prácticas.
  • Participatory conservation: Lessons from the PALOMAP study in the Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador
    Ulfelder, William H.; Poats, S. V. (Athens, GA: SANREM CRSP and CARE-SUBIR, 2001)
    The introduction of the participatory paradigm took place on the basis of previous changes. In Ecuador, as in other Latin American countries, the state was forced to allow non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to become involved as counterparts in conservation areas. Thus, there was a movement from the first stage, in which the state assumed exclusive responsibility, to a second stage in which NGOs began to collaborate, though still within the framework of conservation which excluded local populations. The third stage, in which NGOs adopted the local participatory paradigm, is opening the way for local organizations to become involved in planning and implementation activities. At the present time, actors formerly excluded are beginning to have a role, within the context of changes in the role of the state which, however, continues to affect the dynamics which condition conservation and development. The direction that this dynamic takes will depend on a number of factors, but there has yet to be sufficient reflection regarding this process, based on concrete experiences. At the same time, we still do not have enough specific cases, objectively and analytically documented, of community participation in the conservation of natural resources. In our opinion, what is lacking is a systematic appreciation of the methods, achievements and impacts of this type of experiences related to the social and institutional contexts in which they take place. The effectiveness of the participatory focus as it relates to the field of natural resources and biodiversity conservation remains unknown. To what extent does the participatory focus represent an improvement in the possibilities for conserving and guaranteeing appropriate management of natural resources in the long term, as compared to the traditional processes applied in previous stages? In order to begin to answer this question, we have developed a systematic study of the experiences of integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) which operate on the basis of the participatory paradigm in an area comprising an ecological reserve in Ecuador. Our purpose is to extract a series of lessons and establish a methodology which will permit fine-tuning in the design of participatory activities within the context of future conservation projects.
  • The role of gender in agricultural development
    Poats, S. V. (Washington, DC: CGIAR, the World Bank, 1991)
    This paper is based in the gender recommendations CGIAR made to IARCs. These recommendations are: to incorporate the gender variable in research methods and analysis; to include more women farmers in the IARC technology generation process; to increase the number of women from NARS in IARC training programs; and to engage more women professionals in the ranks of IARC scientific staff, management, and boards. Adoption of the recommendations varied, and for this reason this paper looks at why some centers have been successful while others have found it difficult to address gender issues. This paper presents the reasons to include gender issues in agricultural research and development. It highlights innovative strategies and approaches used to address gender issues giving examples from several projects. It also presents suggestions and alternative strategies to enhance capacity while looking into the future. These are: to understand that counting women is not the same as representing women, the need to have experienced gender scientist to improve gender analysis, the need to improve communication between scientists (men) and women, a need to have greater individual and organizational gender sensitive accountability, to improve gender disaggregated data collection both for women in the field and the different organizations, presentation of information needs to improve to be represented of women at all levels. More focus is needed on sensitization and awareness; gender analysis methods; and training of trainers.