· Legal and anthropological support for customary land and sea rights
· Strategic planning and policy studies for environmental NGOs and donor agencies
· Training in ‘qualitative research’ methods (focus groups, oral histories, techniques for recording and managing cultural information, and protecting cultural property)
· Establishment of local resource and cultural centers, and distance learning systems for communities in remote areas
· Training in rapid social and environmental assessment techniques
· Methodologies for valuing ‘non-market’ activities and resources
· Participatory social impact assessment
· Monitoring and evaluation of conservation field projects
· Institutional strengthening, financing, and capacity-building for community management of protected areas, natural sacred sites and landscapes
· Development of sustainable, small-scale fisheries
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