Networking
Key networking activities in this service area that Supras is managing or involved in are listed here.
Networking activities typically takes place in a dialectic between activities in the core services areas of “Projects” and “Research,” on the one hand, and presentations of papers at conferences and workshops, on the other hand.
Links to many of the implementing agencies, partners and projects that are involved in these activities are available in section Links. Many documents – in the form of references and files for downloading – prepared in connection with these networking activities, together with images, are available in section Library. For some networking activities, knowledge – in the form of references, documents for downloading, websites, etc. – are available in section Knowledge.
- Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net)
- Partner: CBNRM Networking. Focus: Global focus, with an emphasis on Africa. Consists of more than 500 individuals, NGOs and organizations worldwide. Involves the operation of a network for the global CBNRM community of practice, emphasizing knowledge management/sharing, training and capacity building through use of ICTs. A newsletter is published regularly. Status: estbl. in 1998, active. [more]
[website] [output] [knowledge] [research] - Environmental Trends Analysis (ETA)
- Partners: USAID and International Resources Group (IRG). Focus: Tools for spatial and temporal monitoring and assessment of natural resources. Organized as a community of practice within the USAID project FRAME, managed by IRG. An ETA Core Group was set up following workshop on ETA organized at the GSDI-9 conference in Santiago, Chile in November 2006. Lars T. Soeftestad is a founding member of the Core Group. Status: estbl. in November 2006. [research] [access]