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Additional Readings on Co-management
Baland, Jean-Marie. "Co-management as a New Approach to Regulation of Common Property Resources" IN Halting Degradation of Natural Resources. Oxford, GB: Clarendon Press, 1996. 346-380.
Examines how to reshape institutional collaboration between government administration and resource users and end unproductive situations where they are pitted against one another.

Berkes, Fikret. "Community-based Management and Co-management as Tools of Empowerment" IN Empowerment: Towards Sustainable Development, edited by Naresh Singh and Vangile Titi. Winnipeg: International Institute for Sustainable Development, 1995. 138-146.
Discusses the case for involving local people in natural resource management through various joint management schemes.

Campbell, Tracy. "Co-management of Aboriginal Resources".Information North 22 (March 1996).
Examines the proliferation of co-management agreements which have arisen in the past decade within the context of natural resources management and Aboriginal Peoples of Northern Canada.

Halladay, Patricia & D. A. Gilmour, eds. Conserving Biodiversity Outside Protected Areas: the Role of Traditional Agro-ecosystems. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 1995. 228p.
Uses a number of case studies to show how the practical knowledge of farmers can be combined with high-tech agricultural research to protect biodiversity and enhance agro-ecosystems.

Shah, Parmesh. "Farmers as Analysts, Facilitators and Decision-makers". IN Power and Participatory Development: Theory and Practice, edited by Nici Nelson and Susan Wright.. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1995. 83-94.
Examines the Aga Kan Rural Support Programme which seeks to involve villagers in the collection, analysis and use of data and as facilitators of a participatory appraisal and planning process.

Smith, Peggy & Grant, Scott. Aboriginal Forest Land Management Guidelines: A Community Approach – prepared for the National Aboriginal Forestry Association. Ottawa: NAFA, 1995. 1v. in various pagings.Guidelines developed to be a tool to improve forest management practices on forest land used by Aboriginal peoples. They take into account the values, traditional knowledge and practices of Aboriginal Peoples of Canada which date back thousands of years.