TDA-IME Project Final Report June, 2013 Best practice A method or activity which has been demonstrated to be effective. Capacity development A process in which an individual or organizations skills or abilities are 80 improved. Communication The act of conveying information, ideas or feelings through a medium such as speaking or writing. Data Discrete and objective facts, measurements, or observations that can be analyzed to generate information. Dissemination A method of communicating knowledge where messages are sent to a receiver. Explicit Knowledge Knowledge that can be codified in formal, systematic language and shared in discussion or writing. Examples include a document, publication, training course manual, a website article, or a report of research findings. Information Data that has been categorized, analyzed, summarized, and placed in context in a form that has structure and meaning. Knowledge A combination of data and information—to which is added expert opinion, skills, and experience—and results to a valuable asset that aids decision making. Also referred to as ‘know-how’; organized information; information with judgment; or the capacity for effective action. Knowledge may be tacit, explicit, individual, and/or collective. It is intrinsically linked to people. Knowledge Management The systematic management of processes enabling vital individual and collective knowledge resources to be identified, created, stored, shared, and used for benefit. Effectively integrates people, process, and technology. Its practical expression is the fusion of information management and organizational learning. Learning The process of acquiring knowledge or modifying behaviour based on experience. Lessons learned Concise descriptions of knowledge derived from experience that can be communicated through methods and techniques, such as story-telling and debriefings, or summarized in databases. These lessons often reflect on what was done well or poorly, what one might do differently, and how one might improve processes to be more effective in the future. In contrast, coastal communities have traditional (often verbal) forms of communication, supplemented by external knowledge, usually from NGOs and other local sources, including community to community learning. In a study of local knowledge management on mangroves among coastal communities on the Andaman Sea coast of Thailand, Tanawat and Boonplod (2012) found that most villagers learn themselves from occupations related to mangroves, such as fishing, or they learn from others in their community. Some villagers also gain knowledge from experts and documents at meetings or workshops they attend, or from visits outside their communities sponsored by external agencies. These include exchange programs in which one community with substantial local expertise about mangroves acts as a learning center, or “best practice” community, for others. Most coastal communities also share similar patterns of disseminating and sharing knowledge through monthly village meetings, mangrove planting activities, youth camps, and group discussions. In Muslim communities, Islamic concepts and rituals, for example Friday prayers, strongly influence ideas and their transfer. In the same study, Tanawat and Boonplod (2012) also documented the knowledge gaps, or additional knowledge, required by the communities based on a questionnaire survey. (The term “aquatic life banks” refers to community-managed mangrove nursery or spawning areas, where e.g. juvenile mud crabs are released, or egg-bearing females are held until they release their larvae.) Mangrove cultivation technique for windbreaks (85% of respondents); sustainable utilization of mangrove resources (76%); ecotourism management (35%);
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis of Indochina Mangrove Ecosystems
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