Dr Karl Bruckmeier is Professor in Human Ecology, School of Global Studies and Human Ecology, Göteborg University, Sweden and Dr Hilary Tovey is Senior Lecturer/Head of Department, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

• Natural Resource Management for Rural Sustainable Development; I: Diversification and Innovation in Rural Development; 1: UK: Sustainable Livelihoods on the Island of Skye; 2: Sweden: The Non-Agricultural Rural Economy as a Component of Rural Sustainable Development; 3: Poland: Diversification and Different Contexts of Knowledge – The Case of Polish Rural Areas; 4: Czech Republic: Regional Disparities and Their Influence on Sustainable Rural Development – A Comparison of Two Different Regions; 5: Hungary: Nature and Culture – Resource Management and Knowledge Use in a Hungarian Micro-Region; 6: Italy: Practical Knowledge and Institutional Mediation in a Controversial Case of Clam Farming; II: Environment and Sustainability in Rural Development; 7: Ireland: Ecologizing Rural Ireland? Conflicts and Contradictions Regarding Knowledge for Sustainable Development; 8: Norway: Interpretations of Sustainability Related to Designated Areas; 9: Germany: Nature Conservation and Bio-Diversity in the Northeast; 10: Poland: Designing Nature and Resource Management Strategies; 11: Portugal: Natural Resources, Sustainability and Rural Development; 12: Greece: Knowledge Forms and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Lake Plastiras; III: Comparison and Synthesis of CORASON Case Studies; 13: Innovation in Rural Development and Rural Sustainable Development; Conclusion Beyond the Policy Process: Conditions for Rural Sustainable Development in European Countries

Dr Karl Bruckmeier is Professor in Human Ecology, School of Global Studies and Human Ecology, Göteborg University, Sweden and Dr Hilary Tovey is Senior Lecturer/Head of Department, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

• Natural Resource Management for Rural Sustainable Development; I: Diversification and Innovation in Rural Development; 1: UK: Sustainable Livelihoods on the Island of Skye; 2: Sweden: The Non-Agricultural Rural Economy as a Component of Rural Sustainable Development; 3: Poland: Diversification and Different Contexts of Knowledge – The Case of Polish Rural Areas; 4: Czech Republic: Regional Disparities and Their Influence on Sustainable Rural Development – A Comparison of Two Different Regions; 5: Hungary: Nature and Culture – Resource Management and Knowledge Use in a Hungarian Micro-Region; 6: Italy: Practical Knowledge and Institutional Mediation in a Controversial Case of Clam Farming; II: Environment and Sustainability in Rural Development; 7: Ireland: Ecologizing Rural Ireland? Conflicts and Contradictions Regarding Knowledge for Sustainable Development; 8: Norway: Interpretations of Sustainability Related to Designated Areas; 9: Germany: Nature Conservation and Bio-Diversity in the Northeast; 10: Poland: Designing Nature and Resource Management Strategies; 11: Portugal: Natural Resources, Sustainability and Rural Development; 12: Greece: Knowledge Forms and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Lake Plastiras; III: Comparison and Synthesis of CORASON Case Studies; 13: Innovation in Rural Development and Rural Sustainable Development; Conclusion Beyond the Policy Process: Conditions for Rural Sustainable Development in European Countries

Dr Karl Bruckmeier is Professor in Human Ecology, School of Global Studies and Human Ecology, Göteborg University, Sweden and Dr Hilary Tovey is Senior Lecturer/Head of Department, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

• Natural Resource Management for Rural Sustainable Development; I: Diversification and Innovation in Rural Development; 1: UK: Sustainable Livelihoods on the Island of Skye; 2: Sweden: The Non-Agricultural Rural Economy as a Component of Rural Sustainable Development; 3: Poland: Diversification and Different Contexts of Knowledge – The Case of Polish Rural Areas; 4: Czech Republic: Regional Disparities and Their Influence on Sustainable Rural Development – A Comparison of Two Different Regions; 5: Hungary: Nature and Culture – Resource Management and Knowledge Use in a Hungarian Micro-Region; 6: Italy: Practical Knowledge and Institutional Mediation in a Controversial Case of Clam Farming; II: Environment and Sustainability in Rural Development; 7: Ireland: Ecologizing Rural Ireland? Conflicts and Contradictions Regarding Knowledge for Sustainable Development; 8: Norway: Interpretations of Sustainability Related to Designated Areas; 9: Germany: Nature Conservation and Bio-Diversity in the Northeast; 10: Poland: Designing Nature and Resource Management Strategies; 11: Portugal: Natural Resources, Sustainability and Rural Development; 12: Greece: Knowledge Forms and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources in Lake Plastiras; III: Comparison and Synthesis of CORASON Case Studies; 13: Innovation in Rural Development and Rural Sustainable Development; Conclusion Beyond the Policy Process: Conditions for Rural Sustainable Development in European Countries