Community management of natural resources in Africa
Subtitle: impacts, experiences and future directions
By: edited by Dilys Roe, Fred Nelson and Chris Sandbrook
Contributors: International Institute for Environment and Development
Series: Natural resource issues -- no. 18; IIED natural resource issues -- no. 18.
Publisher: International Institute for Environment and Development
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781843697558
Subjects: Natural resources; Management; Citizen participation
Description: Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The origins and evolution of community-based natural resource management in Africa; title: 3.Community involvement in natural resources management in Africa; title: regional overviews; title: 3.1. Introduction: Different understandings of, and approaches to, CBNRM in different regions; title: 3.2. Central Africa; title: 3.3. East Africa; title: 3.4. Southern Africa; title: 3.5. West Africa; title: 3.6. Summary; title: 4. What has CBNRM achieved in Africa? The `3Es'; title: empowerment, economics, environment; title: 4.1. Empowerment; title: 4.2. Economics; title: 4.3. Environment; title: 5. CBNRM as a mechanism for addressing global environmental challenges; title: 6. CBNRM in Africa; title: opportunities and challenges; title: 7. Where next? A policy road map for CBNRM across Africa.