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  Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999
  From: "MEINZEN-DICK, RUTH" <R.MEINZEN-DICK@CGIAR.ORG>
  Subject: CGIAR Devolution Workshop Papers Available

  On June 21-25, the CGIAR System-Wide Program on Collective Action
  and Property Rights (CAPRi) held an International Workshop on 
  Devolution of Natural Resource Management in Puerto Azul, the
  Philippines.

  This workshop provided an opportunity to pull together research 
  conducted by a number of CGIAR centers and their partners, on 
  devolution in a number of natural resource sectors (water, 
  forestry, aquatic resources, and rangelands).  An overview 
  paper and the review papers for each sector are listed below, 
  and are now available from the CAPRi web site:

   http://www.cgiar.org/capri/status.htm
   (scroll down until you get to the devolution theme)

  The workshop brought together 50 participants from countries with
  experiences in devolution from national, regional, and international
  research institutions and organizations working in the fields of natural
  resource management, including the forestry, water and irrigation,
  rangeland, and fisheries resource sectors. The program began with a day
  of presentations focused on an overarching conceptual framework
  depicting the interactions of property rights and collective action in
  the devolution process. Four resource sector papers (rangelands,
  fish/aquatic resources, water/irrigation, and forestry) were presented,
  followed by discussion. The remainder of the conference was largely
  devoted to facilitated working group sessions and plenary presentations
  of working group discussions.

  Key questions included:

  How do different property rights and collective action arrangements
  affect devolution?

  Do these arrangements lead to more equitable, sustainable, and
  productive use of natural resources?

  What institutional and policy frameworks contribute to a more enabling
  environment for devolution to be successful?

  Further background on the workshop, the full program, and the following
  papers are available from the CAPRi web site:

  http://www.cgiar.org/capri/status.htm  (scroll down to the section on
  devolution of natural resources)

  * Collective Action, Property Rights and Devolution of Natural
    Resource Management: A Conceptual Framework
    by Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Anna Knox (IFPRI)

  * Collective Action, Property Rights and Devolution of Forest and
    Protected Area  Management
    by Arun Agrawal (Yale University) and Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University)

  * Devolution and Fisheries Co-Management
    by Robert Pomeroy (ICLARM/WRI)

  * Collective Action, Property Rights and Devolution of Rangeland 
    Management
    by Tidiane Ngaido (ICARDA/IFPRI) and Michael Kirk (Marburg University)

  * Property Rights and Collective Action in the Devolution of
    Irrigation System Management
    by Douglas Vermillion

  A full proceedings, including all case study papers and summaries of  
  working group discussions, is being prepared.  If you would like to be
  placed on the mailing list for the executive summary or full
  proceedings, please contact

  Anna Knox (a.knox@cgiar.org)

.