Country

 

China

Name of scheme

 

Participatory Resources Monitoring (PRM) system

Biome (terrestrial; freshwater; marine)

 

Terrestrial

What is monitored

 

Human resource use and wildlife

Who compiles data

 

Community members (representatives of 12 villages) supported by government rangers (staff from the nature reserve or forestry bureau)

 

Number of community members involved

 

48 community members (2001)

Spatial scale. Size of area monitored

 

 A total of 46,725 ha, divided on two areas (2004)

Methods used

 

Methods include, e.g., on-the-ground fixed point photography and village group discussions

 

Year of initiation

 

2001

Funded by

 

The scheme is funded by the Chinese and Dutch governments

 

Documents or publications available

 

Rijsoort and Zhang 2002, Rijsoort and Jinfeng 2005

Organizers and contact details

 

Zhang Jinfeng, Research Institute of Economic Forests, Yunnan Academy of Forestry, Heilongtan, 650204 Kunming, P.R. China.

Jeannette van Rijsoort Department of Environmental Sciences, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 342, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: jvanrijsoort@casema.nl; Fax: +31-317-478078. 

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