[Sdi-northamerica] Participatory Learning and Action 54: Mapping for Changes: Practice, technologies and communication

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Aimed at newcomers and experienced practitioners alike, Participatory
Learning and Action is the world's leading informal journal on participatory
learning and action approaches and methods, reaching over 20,000 readers in
121 countries.

 

PLA 54: Mapping for Changes: Practice, technologies and communication is now
available. 

This 150-page special issue is built on papers presented at the "Mapping for
Change Conference <http://www.iapad.org/pgis2005/> " held in Nairobi, Kenya,
on 7th-10th September, 2005.  At the event participants from 45 countries
explored the potentials and limitations of spatial information technologies
used in the contexts of (i) asserting ancestral land and resource rights and
entitlements; (ii) supporting collaborative planning and management of lands
and natural resources; (iii) promoting equity in terms of ethnicity,
culture, gender, environmental justice, hazard mitigation, etc; (iv)
managing and ameliorating conflicts amongst and between local community
groups, and between communities and

higher-level authorities or economic forces; and (v) supporting cultural
heritage preservation and identity building among indigenous peoples and
rural communities.

 

For more information about on this special issue the conference, or to
purchase copies, please visit: http://www.iapad.org/pgis2005/pla.htm  

 

You can also subscribe to the series and receive PLA 54 as your first issue
- subscriptions are free of charge to readers from the South. For more
information or to subscribe online visit
www.iied.org/NR/agbioliv/pla_notes/subscribe.html  

 

Multilingual & Multimedia PLA 54 CD-ROM version: IIED <http://www.iied.org/>
and CTA <http://www.cta.int/>  are also producing, in collaboration with
other development partners, a multilingual CD version of PLA 54. It will
soon be available from the Participatory Learning and Action series. The
CD-ROM will contain PDF versions of the articles published on PLA 54
translated in the following languages (subject to funding): Arabic, Chinese
(traditional and modern), French, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili and
Tamil. It will also include other key resources, such as a multimedia
documentary and key literature on the practice. More information on this is
found at: www.iapad.org/pgis2005/pla_cd.htm 

 

For more information about the CD-ROM, please contact PLA co-editor Nicole
Kenton: Nicole.Kenton at iied.org 

 

 

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Giacomo Rambaldi
Participation and Natural Resources Management Specialist
Ceres 26; 6681 PS Bemmel; the Netherlands
Skype:  <callto:giacomo4411> callto:giacomo4411  (get Skype
<http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-1-10386659> )
Email: grambaldi at iapad.org
Web sites: 
www.iapad.org (Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development -
Participatory Avenues)
www.ppgis.net (Open Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems
and Technologies) 

 

 

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