African forests between nature and livelihood resource
Subtitle: interdisciplinary studies in conservation and forest management
By: edited by Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen and Ton Dietz.
Contributors: Ros-Tonen, Mirjam, 1956-; Dietz, Ton.
Series: African studies ;; v. 81; African studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 81.
Publisher: E. Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Press; Edwin Mellen Pr
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lewiston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Forest management -- Africa.; Forest conservation -- Africa.
Description: Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface by David Kaimowitz
1. Reconciling conservation goals and livelihood needs: New forest management perspectives in the 21st century
2. The Congo Basin forests at the crossroads: Managing or mining the forests?
3. Rural dynamics and biodiversity conservation in Southern Africa
4. Forest access and rural livelihoods in Southwest Ethiopia: An analysis of the record of forest management partnership
5. Biodiversity conservation through burning: A case study of woodlands in Budongo Forest Reserve, NW Uganda
6. Local people and benefits in Integrated Biodiversity Conservation: A case study from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
7. Global forest management decisions and local use of forest resources in Kenya: Exploring the link
8. What local benefits does the implementation of rural wood markets in Mali generate?
9. Dealing with power imbalances in forest management: Reconciling multiple legal systems in South Cameroon
10. Neo-African governance: Old and new institutions for resource conflict resolution
11. Beyond rhetoric: Policy and institutional arrangements for partnership in community-based forest biodiversity management and conservation in Kenya
12. The role of science in reconciling multiple forest uses: A multi-disciplinary experience in Cameroon
13. Strategic partnerships for combating forest conversion and the role of financial institutions – learning from action research
14. Can globalised science work for the poor? Forest perspectives from West Africa
15. Sustainable forests and livelihoods: Romantic illusion or environmental and social necessity?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.