|Participatory Methods in Community-based Coastal Resource
Management - Volume 1 - Introductory Papers (IIRR, 1998, 103
pages)| This glossary is designed to provide both general
definition of terms used in the sourcebook as well as special
forms of usage that have been adopted for this particular
publication. ancestral waters marine areas claimed by indigenous
peoples as having been part of their territory since time
immemorial approach a systematic strategy or methodology for
addressing a development or conservation concern For example,
community based coastal resource management is an approach to
addressing integrated conservation and development in coastal
areas. artesinal fisheries usually small-scale, local,
subsistence fisheries conducted by individuals or small groups
assessment a review or informal evaluation of a selected
condition associated species living things (e.g., plants,
animals) that are commonly found or interact with a given
organism, habitat or ecosystem baseline information usually the
f