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[...]... Learning and Knowledge Management In: Easterby-Smith, Mark and Lyles and Marjorie (eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management London: The Blackwell Publishing Ltd Easterby-Smith, Mark and Lyles and Marjorie (2003) Organisational Learning and Knowledge Management: Agendas for Future Research In: Easterby-Smith, Mark and Lyles and Marjorie (eds.), The Blackwell Handbook... University College London Press Maarleveld, M and C Dabgbégnon (1999) Managing Natural Resources: A Social Learning Perspective Agriculture and Human Values, 16 (3): 267–280 22 Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources Malhotra, Y and D F Galletta (2003) Role of Commitment and Motivation in Knowledge Management Systems Implementation: Theory, Conceptualization and Measurement of Antecedent Success Proceedings... knowledge systems, knowledge systems of development agencies, knowledge systems of politicians, and knowledge systems of civil society networks In the processes of political interaction and deliberation over issues of natural resource governance, we see that these four systems of knowledge underpin the constitution of the four categories of social and political agents The case studies follow and analyse interaction... Chhetri, R B (1999) The Rhetoric and Realities of People’s Participation in Conservation and Development in Nepal In R B Chhetri and O P Gurung 20 Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources (eds.), Anthropology and Sociology of Nepal - Cultures, Societies, Ecology and Development (192–211) Kathmandu: Sociological/Anthropological Society of Nepal (SASON) Chhetri, R B and T R Pandey (1992) User Group Forestry... integrated, and how agents can engage in open deliberation on equal footing to choose and combine local and Knowledge Systems and Deliberative Interface in Natural Resource Governance 11 scientific knowledge systems1 (Chhetri 1999) Tensions between these tendencies are often manifested in day-to-day practices We, therefore, take this issue of how local or civil society based knowledge and scientific knowledge. .. different knowledge systems) , the case studies presented in this book identify problems of domination in deliberative processes involving the four key knowledge systems Overview of case studies We investigated knowledge systems at different levels (local, sub-national, and national), different sectors (forest, agriculture, irrigation), and Knowledge Systems and Deliberative Interface in Natural Resource... engaged in the practice of natural resource governance Analysis of this issue in the 2 Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources light of empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives can help us draw policy and practical implications for effective knowledge management and social learning in natural resource governance The book is primarily an analysis of Nepal’s experiences and the findings have much... parts of the developing world, policies and programmes on participatory natural resource management are just evolving, and there is a significant potential of analysis of knowledge systems driving such practices towards understanding how better results can be achieved In this context, lessons from the analysis of case studies on natural 4 Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources resource management in Nepal... other forms of knowledge, which actually represent the power and interests of those actors who have been able to influence the practice of natural resource governance The agrarian society developed what is known now as traditional and indigenous systems of knowledge around diverse types of natural resources, and these systems of knowledge are often contrasted with modern or scientific knowledge, which... deliberative interface among diverse knowledge systems The cases reveal that primary contestation is between civil society and techno-bureaucratic knowledge systems, mediated to varying degrees by the knowledge systems of development agencies and political agents The case of NARC presents deliberative interface between civil society knowledge of farmers and techno-bureaucratic knowledge of agricultural scientists . overlapping systems of knowledge, viz, techno-bureaucratic knowledge systems, knowledge systems of development agencies, knowledge systems of politicians, and knowledge. case studies on natural Knowledge Systems and Deliberative Interface in Natural Resource Governance 3 4 Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources resource

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  • Contents

  • Preface

  • Abbreviations

  • Glossary of Nepali Words

  • 1 Knowledge Systems and Deliberative Interface in Natural Resource Governance: An Overiew

    • Introduction

    • Knowledge systems and deliberative interface: Key theoretical issues

    • Conceptual frameworks for understanding knowledge systems

    • Knowledge systems interface in natural resource governance

    • Overview of case studies

    • References

  • 2 Agricultural Technology Development in Nepal: Critical Assessment from Knowledge System Perspective

    • Introduction

    • An overview of Nepal Agricultural Research Council

    • Different perspectives on agriculture technology development

      • Scientists’ perspectives

      • Farmers’ perspectives

    • Emerging issues in agriculture technology development: Whose knowledge counts?

    • Improving deliberative knowledge interface in agricultural technology development: A way forward

    • References

  • 3 Contested Knowledge and Reconciliation in Nepal’s Community Forestry: A Case of Forest Inventory Policy

    • Introduction

    • Introduction of inventory policy in community forestry

    • Inventory in community forest: The problem story

    • The issue of forest inventory in practice

    • Inventory in community forestry: An issue of knowledge politics

    • The scientific forest inventory and gap in deliberative interface

    • Conclusion

    • References

  • 4 From Grassroots to Policy Deliberation: The Case of Community Forest Users’ Federation in Nepal

    • Introduction

    • Emergence and expansion of forest users’ federation

      • Evolution

    • What led to the emergence of FECOFUN?

    • FECOFUN’s contribution to deliberative forest governance

      • Raising the level of civic consciousness in forest governance

      • Civic resistance to non-deliberative government decisions

      • Participation in policy deliberation

      • Influencing service delivery system

      • Influencing the agenda and approaches of the political parties

      • Influencing international developmental discourse

    • Outcomes of FECOFUN actions

    • Civil-technical knowledge interface: Key issues and challenges

    • Conclusion

    • References

  • 5 From Isolation to Interaction: Increasing Knowledge Interface in Chhattis Mauja Irrigation system in Nepal

    • Introduction

    • Overview of Chhattis Mauja irrigation system

    • Knowledge systems in Chhattis Mauja: Innovations in technical, organisational, institutional and governance arrangements

      • Technical arrangements

      • Organisational, institutional and governance aspects

    • Knowledge systems interface: Insights from Chhattis Mauja

    • Conclusion

    • References

  • 6 Action Research Experience on Democratising Knowledge in Community Forestry in Nepal

    • Introduction

    • Participatory action learning in community forestry

    • Approach and action steps adopted for facilitating action-learning

      • Step 1: Reflecting upon the situation: understanding the context

      • Step 2: Analysis and planning

      • Step 3: Putting decisions into action

      • Step 4: Reflection and learning

    • Equity outcomes of the action and learning processes

      • Inclusion of the excluded

      • Creating the bridge between EC and the users: A mechanism for knowledge interface

      • Making a mechanism for regular monitoring

      • Equity-based forest product distribution system

    • Contested knowledge and deliberative interface

    • Conclusion

    • References

  • 7 Culturally Embedded Knowledge in Irrigation: People’s Ways of Thriving in a Himalayan Village

    • Introduction

    • Lo Manthang irrigation system: Social and cultural setting

    • Irrigation practices and the role of indigenous knowledge

    • Irrigation and farming practices

      • Water allocation

      • Maintenance and operation

      • The Sakaluka ritual

      • Local myths

    • Interface between local and scientific systems of knowledge

    • Local knowledge: The interplay with power

    • Conclusion

    • References

  • 8 Deliberative Knowledge Interface: Lessons and Policy Implications

    • Introduction

    • Four systems of knowledge and perspectives

    • Deliberative knowledge interface: Issues and innovations

      • Issues

      • Innovation

    • Findings

    • Conclusion

    • Way Ahead

  • About the Contributors

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