Buenavista, Gladys2016-04-192016-04-192001SANREM CRSP Research Brief 2001 no. 223_buenavistabrief.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65450This brief illustrates how environmental projects can respond to donors' demands for evidence of impacts in the early stages of their implementation, before longer-term improvements in natural resource conditions have time to occur. The approach centers on a hierarchical classification of impacts that allows to capture "intermediate" steps, that is shifts in awareness and attitude thatapplication/pdfen-USParticipatory processesSocial impactsResearch planningSocial learningEnvironmental impactsInstitutional capacity buildingCommunity participationLocal knowledgeSurvey research methodsNatural resource managementProgress evaluationImpact assessmentTechnology transferEcosystem Farm/Enterprise ScaleTechnical report