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Introducing RAVA: The Amazon Livelihood and Environment Network
The Amazon Livelihood and Environment
Network (known as ‘RAVA’, its Spanish acronym), was formed in 2007 by the World
Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and other partner institutions within the Amazon
Initiative (AI) Consortium (including CIFOR). Using the PEN methodology, RAVA
analyses the living conditions of Amazonian communities to gain a better
understanding of the impact of forestry, agroforestry and agricultural
activities on the wellbeing of the communities and on the integrity of their
surrounding environment. more
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PEN PROJECT: Riyong Kim Bakkegaard (DRC): Forest and environmental income surrounding Luki Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The PEN Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) study was conducted in the lowland rainforest area surrounding Luki Biosphere Reserve, Bas-Congo Province in western DRC. The reserve is located approximately 120 km from the Atlantic coast and covers 32 968 hectares. Five villages surrounding the reserve were surveyed, and 193 households completed the year-long PEN survey in September 2008.
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"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results" -- Winston Churchill
The
single largest cluster of PEN studies is being
undertaken by the ‘Danida-PEN’ project. This is
a four year (2007-10) PEN based research project
with approximately USD 1 million in funding and
supported by the Research Committee of the
Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The project
uses PEN methods for extensive fieldwork in
Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Ghana (presented
below). In addition, the project includes
support for PEN’s central operation at CIFOR.
Field work in the three countries is coming to
an end, following at least four visits to more
than 1500 households and data entry almost
completed.
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PEN flyer - a brief description of the PEN project
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PENEWS 2009-2 (August): Good reading: Poverty, environmental income and rural inequality
From two of the intellectual godfathers of PEN, we bring you: Poverty, environmental income and rural inequality: A case study from Zimbabwe, by William Cavendish and Bruce Campbell. more...
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