Sharing benefits from the coast
Subtitle: rights, resources and livelihoods
By: edited by Rachel Wynberg and Maria Hauck
Publisher: UCT Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781775820062
Subjects: Natural resources; Marine resources; Coastal zone management; Sustainable development; Rural conditions
Description: "Coastal resources  are vital for communities in developing countries, many of which live in abject poverty. These resources also hold significant value for a number of different sectors such as mining, fisheries and tourism, which supply expanding global consumer markets. Although there activities provide opportunities for economic and income growth, global patterns indicate growing levels of economic inequality between custodians of these resources and those exploiting them, as well as an increasing incidence in poverty. This book provides novel analyses of these issues, drawing from empirical research in South African and Mozambican coastal communities. It aims to deepen our knowledge about coastal resource use, who benefits and who loses and in what circumstances, why benefits and  losses are distributed in the way that they are, the main blockages that prevent greater equity, and strategies to enhance more equitable benefit sharing." -- Back cover.