Includes bibliographical references and index.

How participatory research convinced a skeptic / Robin Buruchara -- Sharing in innovation : reflections on a partnership to improve livelihoods and resource conservation in the Honduran hillsides / Sally Humphries ... [et al.] -- Campesinos cientificios : farmer philosophies on participatory research / members of the Association of CIALs of Honduras -- Retracing the trail to wisdom : doing science together in Cibecue / Jonathan W. Long -- The land has wisdom / Benrita 'Mae' Burnette and Judy DeHose -- What makes a scientist? : studying the impacts of harvest in the Pacific Northwest / Heidi L. Ballard -- 'She fell out of the sky' : Salal harvesters' reflections on participatory research / Don Collins ... [et al.] -- 'Research sounds so big- ' : collaborative inquiry with women in Drevdagen, Sweden / Seema Arora-Jonsson -- För oss är naturen en lisa för själen (where peace comes dropping slow) : the forests and nature for us / Åsa Bergelin ... [et al.] -- From participation to partnership : devolution, forest communities and CIFOR in Malinau, Indonesia / Eva Wollenberg ... [et al.] -- Malinau villagers' relationship with CIFOR : high hopes, unmet expectations and trusted confidante / Ramses Iwan and Steve Rhee -- Rediscovering participation : reflections on the Mhondoro Tree Project / Nontokozo Nemarundwe and Louise Fortmann -- Unofanira kuzvininipisa (you have to be humble) / Gift Chidari ... [et al.] -- New seeds, new selves, new societies : rural women's reflections on participatory research in plant breeding / Elicelda Guardado Martinez ... [et al.] -- Conclusions / Seema Arora-Jonsson ... [et al.].