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1. Landcare on the Poverty-Protection Interface in an Asian Watershed

Author

Dennis P. Garrity, Victor B. Amoroso, Samuel Koffa, Delia Catacutan, Gladys Buenavista, Paul Fay, and William Dar

Subjects
agroforestry, biodiversity, buffer zone, integrated conservation-development projects, land care, protected national park, soil conservation, sustainable agriculture, timber, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

Serious methodological and policy hurdles constrain effective natural resource management that alleviates poverty while protecting environmental services in tropical watersheds. We review the development of an approach that integrates biodiversity conservation with agroforestry development through the active involvement of communities and their local governments near the Kitanglad Range Natural Park in the Manupali watershed, central Mindanao, the Philippines. Agroforestry innovations were developed to suit the biophysical and socioeconomic conditions of the buffer zone. These included practices for tree farming and conservation farming for annual cropping on slopes. Institutional innovations improved resource management, resulting in an effective social contract to protect the natural biodiversity of the park. The production of fruit and timber trees dramatically increased, re-establishing tree cover in the buffer zone. Natural vegetative contour strips were installed on several hundred sloping farms. Soil erosion and runoff declined, and the buffer strips increased maize yields by an average of 0.5 t/ha on hill-slope farms. The scientific knowledge base guided the development and implementation of a natural resource management plan for the municipality of Lantapan. A dynamic grass-roots movement of farmer-led Landcare groups evolved in the villages near the park boundary, which had a significant impact on conservation in both the natural and managed ecosystems. Encroachment in the natural park was reduced by 95% in 3 yr. The local Landcare groups also restored stream-corridor vegetation. This integrated approach has been recognized as a national model for the local management of natural resources and watersheds in the Philippines. Currently, the collaborating institutions are evolving a negotiation support system to resolve the interactions between the three management domains: the park, the ancestral domain claim, and the municipalities. This integrated systems approach operated effectively with highly constrained funding, suggesting that commitment and impact may best be stimulated by a "drip-feed" approach rather than by large, externally funded efforts.

Published
2002
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3. The Shawcross Letters : My Journey Into the Mind of Evil

Author

John Paul Fay, Brian Whitney, John Paul Fay, and Brian Whitney

Abstract

One man details his unusual friendship with the Genesee River Killer and examines what separates everyday people from serial killers.What happens when one of the evilest men in the history of America meets a man he trusts to share his darkest secrets with? How does it affect someone already on the edge of society when he is taken under the wing of a serial killer? Partly told through the letters of Arthur Shawcross, The Shawcross Letters is the tale of one of America's most notorious serial killers and his relationship with his would-be biographer, John Paul Fay.John Paul Fay was a murderabilia dealer with a troubled past. Arthur Shawcross, also known as the Genesee River Killer, was in prison after being convicted of murdering numerous women, he officially has killed 14 people in all. The two created a business relationship, with Fay shopping the drawings of Shawcross and working with him on a book of his life. They also created a bizarre friendship in which Shawcross would let out his darkest secrets and Fay would finally meet someone that he himself felt oddly at home with. But as we all know, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.The Shawcross Letters is a unique book, it is not only literary, but it lets the reader into the mind of a serial killer in a way that few books have ever done before. The reader will be drawn into the mind of Shawcross through his letters, and will find themselves wondering, what actually separates a serial killer from someone that walks among us every day?•Warning: Contains extremely graphic material including descriptions of rape, murder and cannibalism.•Praise for The Shawcross Letters“The Shawcross Letters is a graphic and dramatic page turner that delves into the twisted mind of a serial killer. A true crime book that will horrify, enlighten, and keep you up at night.” —Joseph Souza, author of The Perfect Daughter“As frighteningly real as it gets. Not for the faint of heart.” —Patrick Quinlan, Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of Smoked and The Hit “A unique and fascinating look at the Genesee River Killer, both despite and partially because the Killer himself is only secondary. Instead, it examines what the line between the average person and a psychopath entails and the psychology of the fascination with serial killers.” —Ben Arzate, Cultured Vultures

Published
2018

4. Landcare on the Poverty-Protection Interface in an Asian Watershed

Author

William Dar, Paul Fay, Victor B. Amoroso, Gladys Buenavista, Dennis P. Garrity, Delia Catacutan, Samuel Koffa, and Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebase

Subjects
Participatory research, Ecoagriculture, poverty, Participatory learning landscape appraisal (plla), Buffer strip, Biodiversity conservation, Smallholder tree production systems, agroforestry, Sustainable development, Farming systems, Biology (General), Natural resource management, Livelihoods, QH540-549.5, biodiversity, Ecology, Environmental resource management, conservation, Agriculture, Forestry, Biodiversity, sustainability, Natural resource, Small holder enterprise, Social contract, Geography, Non-wood forest products, Social movements, Tree crops, Integrated natural resource management (inrm), People-ecosystem interactions, Ecosystem integrity, Land tenure, Park buffer zone, Natural vegetative strips (nvs), QH301-705.5, timber, Indigenous community, buffer zone, Conservation, Landcare, protected national park, Social Organization, Institutional capacity building, Farmer to farmer, Resource management, land care, Rural development, Agroforestry, Reforestation, Ecological restoration, integrated conservation-development projects, Nature and Landscape Conservation, land tenure and use, business.industry, Community participation, soil conservation, Biological productivity, sustainable agriculture, Agrobiodiversity, Watershed management, Contour buffer strips (NVS), Conservation farming, Human well-being, Ecosystem Watershed, Soil conservation, business, Community institutions, Adoption of innovations, Ecosystem resilience
Abstract

"Serious methodological and policy hurdles constrain effective natural resource management that alleviates poverty while protecting environmental services in tropical watersheds. We review the development of an approach that integrates biodiversity conservation with agroforestry development through the active involvement of communities and their local governments near the Kitanglad Range Natural Park in the Manupali watershed, central Mindanao, the Philippines. Agroforestry innovations were developed to suit the biophysical and socioeconomic conditions of the buffer zone. These included practices for tree farming and conservation farming for annual cropping on slopes. Institutional innovations improved resource management, resulting in an effective social contract to protect the natural biodiversity of the park. The production of fruit and timber trees dramatically increased, re-establishing tree cover in the buffer zone. Natural vegetative contour strips were installed on several hundred sloping farms. Soil erosion and runoff declined, and the buffer strips increased maize yields by an average of 0.5 t/ha on hill-slope farms. The scientific knowledge base guided the development and implementation of a natural resource management plan for the municipality of Lantapan. A dynamic grass-roots movement of farmer-led Landcare groups evolved in the villages near the park boundary, which had a significant impact on conservation in both the natural and managed ecosystems. Encroachment in the natural park was reduced by 95% in 3 yr. The local Landcare groups also restored stream-corridor vegetation. This integrated approach has been recognized as a national model for the local management of natural resources and watersheds in the Philippines. Currently, the collaborating institutions are evolving a negotiation support system to resolve the interactions between the three management domains: the park, the ancestral domain claim, and the municipalities. This integrated systems approach operated effectively with highly constrained funding, suggesting that commitment and impact may best be stimulated by a 'drip-feed' approach rather than by large, externally funded efforts."

Published
2002

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