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I N D E XMaya Biosphere Carbon Project (Guatemala), 140Mayuni Conservancy (Namibia), 35–36Mazumder, Azharul, 125McGahuey, Mike, 150, 154MDGs. See Millennium Development GoalsMedia and communicationin monitoring government accountability, 177pilot programs’ success stories via, 7, 162, 191, 196press freedom, 221Medicinals market, 59, 85, 98–99, 104, 181Melons, 103–104Mengame Gorilla Reserve (Cameroon), 176MET. See Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Namibia)Mexicoremittances and, 184, 185wood exported to, 135Micro-Enterprise Development Programme (MEDEP, Nepal),182Microcredit Summit Campaign, 179Microfinancein Bangladesh, 124government role in, 182, 199maturing of, 179–181meeting needs of larger businesses, 182NGOs’ role in, 181–182Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) Market, 180Microinsurance, 182–184MIDP. See Maradi Integrated Development project (Niger)Military expenditure, 221Millennium Challenge Corporation, 37Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 9, 204child mortality, 21Equator Initiative and, 56, 60poverty reduction, 20, 21, 23Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), 8, 12, 190, 192Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET, Namibia), 33, 37,86, 166, 167Ministry of Land (Bangladesh), 113, 114, 115, 120, 121Minnick, Greg, 140MIX (Microfinance Information Exchange) Market, 180MMD (Mata Masu Dubara, Women on the Move), 74Monopolies created by state over nature-based products, 171“Mother NGOs.” See Intermediary support organizationsMozambiquecommunity groups in, 73customary land systems in, 53fishing co-arrangement in, 62Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme (India), 105NNACSO. See Namibian Association of CBNRM SupportOrganizationsNam Ha Ecoguide Service (Lao PDR), 104NamibiaCommunal Conservancy Program. See Namibia’s CommunalConservancy Programcommunity forests in, 35customary land systems in, 53Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organizations(NACSO), 32, 33–34, 34, 37, 86, 91, 96, 166Namibian Community-Based Tourism Association(NACOBTA), 33, 34Namibia’s Communal Conservancy Program, 5, 30–37background, 30benefits of, 35–36capacity development in, 33, 75, 162challenges to, 37, 163demand-driven nature of, 31governance of, 33, 163growth of conservancies (1998-2005), 34income sources, 35local decision-making in, 31, 162local ownership, creation of, 31–32Ministry of Environment and Tourism role.See Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET, Namibia)networks and, 33–34participation of residents in, 31–32partnerships in, 86reports to promote as scaling up example, 162resilience of ecosystems and rural communities due to, 36, 200resource rights and program success, 160National Adaptation Programmes for Action (NAPAs), 157National Advocacy Council for Development of IndigenousPeople (India), 87National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP, Cuba), 105National Cacao Chamber (CANACACAO, Costa Rica), 60National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP, Guatemala),127–130, 132–134, 137, 139–140. See also Guatemalaforestry enterprisesNational Dairy Development Board (India), 108National Forest Institute (Guatemala), 140Natural resources management. See Community-based naturalresource management (CBNRM)Nature-based enterprises. See EnterprisesNature Conservancy, 131Nature Conservation Act (Namibia), 34Nature Conservation Act (Niger), 55Nature for Life, 131NepalAsian Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources(ANSAB), 81, 85, 90, 99, 107bureaucratic regulation as obstacle to community forestmanagement, 170255