resources

Here is some of the material the project has field tested and which it uses in the training workshops.

LinKS manual on gender, biodiversity and local knowledge.
This training manual bases on the extensive training experiences the training staff and the participants have made during the project. Additional, relevant articles are included in the Manual as Key Readings. This manual is for development agencies, for both field and project managers, from non-governmental organisations and government departments, who work with communities on a daily basis, and deal with environmental issues and food security. This manual is available as a hard copy or on CD-ROM.
Click here to downloand the entire manual in one PDF file (4.7Mb).
Veuillez cliquer içi pour télécharger le manuel entier en format pdf (2.3Mb).
Clique aqui para fazer o download do manual inteiro em formato pdf (2.2Mb).
To download each of the main modules separately click on the following links:
Introduction         English         Français         Português
Module 1             English         Français         Português
Module 2             English         Français         Português
Module 3             English         Français         Português
Module 4             English         Français         Português
Module 5             English         Français         Português
Key readings        English         Français         Português

LinKS fact sheets, developed from the Manual, can be downloaded (here)

Field Handbook, FAO Socio-economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) programme.
This is a guide for field workers on how to carry out gender-responsive, participatory research and action.
The handbook outlines the guiding principles of the SEAGA approach and contains an extensive toolkit with explanations of key questions and how to use the tools.
Research Guidelines: Gender, Local Knowledge and Plant Genetic Resources Management *
These guidelines were developed by the Agricultural University of Norway’s Centre for International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) for the LinKS project.
This document provides a guide to researchers about ethics, research design, and important questions to ask when exploring the gender and poverty dimension of local management of genetic resources.
Recording and using indigenous knowledge: A manual International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), the Philippines.
This manual provides a practical guide, complete with a 30 page toolkit, for development practitioners who are interested in helping communities to document and record their indigenous knowledge.

Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Project Planning and Implementation *
This handbook is designed in such a way to assist governments, industry, nongovernmental organizations and Indigenous groups to work better with each other when traditional knowledge is central to the development objective. The guidelines are not meant to be prescriptive, rather they should be seen as a template from which various stakeholders can develop their own collaborative partnerships. This set of guidelines was developed through a partnership with the International Labour Organization, the World Bank, Kivu Nature Inc and CIDA.
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cida_ind.nst