INRM Resources
Strengthening Democracy Through Participatory Natural Resource Management: Three Opportunities and One Challenge
In the late 1980s, the Bugis and To Lindu communities of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, faced a resource crisis.
Participatory Natural Resource Management and Democratic Outcomes: Opportunities and Challenges
Participatory natural resource management (PNRM) has important effects on broader democratic outcomes that should be considered in environment and DRG programming.
Advancing Participatory Natural Resource Management and Democratic Outcomes: Lessons Drawn from the Evidence
Participatory natural resource management (PNRM) has important effects on broader democratic outcomes that should be considered in environment and DRG programming.
USAID/Madagascar TSIRO Baseline Survey
USAID/Madagascar contracted the Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) mechanism to conduct a baseline household survey and environmental monitoring as a benchmark for the Mission’s activities under the HEARTH program.
INRM Madagascar Nosy Manga Baseline Report
The USAID/Madagascar Nosy Manga Baseline Survey and Report provides USAID and Nosy Manga implementing partners (IPs) with baseline estimates across a range of social indicators, and background information on target communities to aid IPs in implementation and participant selection.
Measuring Impact II Evaluation Report
This report presents the findings, conclusions, and recommendations from a midterm performance evaluation of the Measuring Impact II (MI2) activity.
Integrating Environmental Protection and Social Inclusion when Designing and Implementing Energy Infrastructure Projects
This synthesis report highlights the state of knowledge on interactions between energy infrastructure and the environment.
USAID HEARTH Learning Agenda
The purpose of the HEARTH Learning Agenda is to better understand the conditions under which private sector driven, cross-sectoral development — the “HEARTH model” — results in better outcomes for both people and the planet.
Environmental Defenders Under Threat: Global Lessons from the Colombian Amazon
This issue brief describes some of the main actors and dynamics surrounding the issue of environmental defenders and examines the case of the Colombian Amazon as an example of the ways in which the grievances of environmental defenders are enmeshed in broader governance challenges.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Socio-economic Well-being (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs seeking to increase socio-economic well-being through pathways such as employment, participation in a conservation enterprise, greater agricultural productivity, and increased access to finance.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Resilience (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs designed to increase household resilience to shocks and stresses through various pathways, including increased incomes, access to finance, social capital, and access to natural resources.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Private Sector Engagement (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs to facilitate measuring the number of USAID engagements with the private sector and the amount of investment leveraged from the private sector.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Conservation Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (Word Doc)
This toolkit module presents a menu of options for outcomes and recommended indicators for conservation knowledge, attitudes, and practice focused HEARTH activities.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Health (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs related to improving access and use of healthcare services, such as family planning services, maternal health services, treatment for children, and other health outcomes.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Governance (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs related to improved governance, including community participation, rights/security, resolution mechanisms, and monitoring/enforcement.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs designed to increase women’s participation in decision-making, reducing gender-based violence, and supporting the inclusion of marginalized populations.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Food Security and Nutrition (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs designed to improve food security, diets, and nutrition.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Conservation Enterprise (CE) Benefits (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, to assess benefits to individuals directly participating in HEARTH conservation enterprise programs, as well as benefits to the wider community.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Biophysical (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and PIRS, for HEARTH programs focused on conserving ecosystems and high-biodiversity landscapes, including both biotic and abiotic components.
USAID HEARTH Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit: Agriculture and Land (Word Doc)
Indicators, including guidance and Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS), for HEARTH programs focused on increased agricultural productivity, improved agricultural livelihoods, and better land and resource governance.
