APN project “Participatory Approaches to Forest Carbon Accounting to Mitigate Climate Change, Conserve Biodiversity and Promote Sustainable Development” paved the way to the development of a new publication,Community based forest biomass monitoring: A manual for training local level facilitators.
The publication guides the training-of-trainers to build the capacity of the local level facilitators on selecting, testing and adapting the technical parameters and measurement methods for forest monitoring, and on designing an effective field training. It also serves as a reference material for forest community organisers to practice effective facilitation skills that are essential for any participatory methodology with local communities.
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In the past several decades, tourism has evolved as a major economic development priority for many communities. Increasing consumer demand for educational and participatory travel experiences has resulted in a variety of specialty niche markets such as nature-based tourism, cultural-heritage tourism, and agritourism. Today, more and more communities seek to link strategic tourism planning with sustainable development. To address these trends and needs, the University of Minnesota Tourism Center developed Community Tourism Development.
There are 1,700 psychologists and 800 psychology technicians in Cuba's health care system. All psychological services are delivered in health and community settings, and psychology is integrated in the Ministry of Public Health. Their system is based on a biopsychosocial concept of care, with a health and prevention focus. The policlinico staffs work to modify risk factors in communities. Health teams are multidisciplinary. Psychology training for practice is now focused on increasing competencies throughout all levels. All research at CIPS is done at the request of the government and is multidisciplinary; psychologists study family, religion, learning, I/O processes, social health, work, youth, and creativity and education. A variety of institutions within the National Health System collectively support the development of neuropsychology research and applications. For example, the Institute of Science and Technology Ministry's Cuban Neuroscience Center (CNEURO) is dedicated to conducting research that improves the quality of life. This research includes developing image processing toolboxes for medical applications, such as the development of neuroformatics, neuroimaging, neurostatistics and, most recently, neurofeedback as a form of treatment for epilepsy.
Indonesia continues to post significant economic growth. The country’s gross national income per capita has steadily risen from $2,200 in the year 2000 to $3,563 in 2012.
In terms of macroeconomic stability, Indonesia has managed to fulfill many of its fiscal targets, including a significant drop in Debt-to-GDP ratio from 61 percent in 2003 to 26 percent in 2013.
Indonesia has formulated a long-term development plan which spans from 2005 to 2025. It is segmented into 5-year medium-term plans, each with different development priorities. The current medium-term development plan covering 2009-2014 is the second phase and focuses on: