DEVECOL is an information resource for those working to bring about sustainable development at the local level.
Devecol is a contraction of ‘development’ and ‘ecology’, evoking the necessary blending of people’s striving for a better life with the ecological processes that ensure the sustainability of their livelihoods.
DEVECOL exploits PC computer technologies to solve two of the most intractable barriers to the transfer of experience and knowledge about sustainable rural development: (1) finding and obtaining written accounts of local development experiences,and (2) assessing the relevance of an account to one’s situation.