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INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE AND CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: A REVIEW OF SUCCESS FACTORS FROM A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Pauline Victoria Rajski  and
Panos Y Papalambros
Pauline Victoria Rajski*
Affiliation:
Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
Panos Y Papalambros
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
*
Rajski, Pauline Victoria, AFRICA-DESIGN, University of Michigan - Optimal Design Laboratory, United States of America, prajski@umich.edu

Abstract

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Integrated Natural Resource and Conservation Development (INRCD) Projects is an umbrella term for a variety of Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs), a concept first introduced by the World Wide Fund for Nature in the mid 1980s to target practice-oriented efforts in developing countries; and Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) research and development projects introduced as adaptive management for fisheries, wildlife, forest, and rangeland to target analysis-oriented efforts in developing and developed countries. Both efforts seek to balance economic development and natural resource conservation. This paper reviews the literature over the past four decades in an attempt to determine which planning and execution methods lead to greater success. A thematic analysis revealed three broad areas of importance: community inclusion and income diversification, inadequate training and management, and inability to properly quantify data. A systems design optimization approach for such projects is advocated to support project decision making in these areas of importance.

Keywords

Participatory designIntegrated Natural Resource and Conservation DevelopmentIntegrated Conservation and Development ProjectsSustainability, Optimisation
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 1867 - 1876
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