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Participatory 3-D models have become an important tool in natural resource management planning in South-East Asia. In this article the author describes the advantages of using this technique, and details an experience of using the models in Vietnam for gathering socio-economic and environmental data from communities within a protected forest area.

Participatory Learning and Action is the world’s leading informal journal on participatory approaches. Guest editors provide up-to-the minute accounts of participatory approaches in specific fields. Since 1987, PLA has provided a forum for participatory practitioners – community workers, activists and researchers – to share experiences, reflections and methodological innovations with others, providing a genuine ‘voice from the field’.

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