Land, people, and forests in eastern and southern Africa at the beginning of the 21st century
Subtitle: the impact of land relations on the role of communities in forest future
By: by Liz Alden Wily and Sue Mbaya.
Contributors: Mbaya, Sue.; IUCN Eastern Africa Programme.
Series: Forest and social perspectives in conservation
Publisher: IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Land use -- Africa, Southern -- Planning.; Forest policy -- Africa, Southern.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-243).
"January 2001."
"IUCN Eastern Africa Programme"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION THE APPROACH THE STUDY AREA THE SUBJECT THE HYPOTHESIS THE STUDY A Guide to Basic Tenure Terms PART 1: THE SETTING; title: Chapter One: FORESTS & COMMUNITIES I. THE RESOURCE AND ITS MANAGEMENT; title: 1 FORESTS; title: 2 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; title: 3 INSTRUMENTS OF AUTHORITY; title: 4 FOREST REFORM II. CURRENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FOREST MANAGEMENT; title: 1 FOREST-LOCAL COMMUNITY; title: 2 DIVERSE PARTICIPATION; title: 3 COUNTRY OVERVIEWS; title: 4 INDICATORS FROM THE TANZANIAN EXPERIENCE; title: 5 USERS OR MANAGERS, BENEFICIARIES OR ACTORS?; title: Chapter Two: THE TENURE ENVIRONMENT I. LAND RIGHTS AND THE LAW; title: 1 THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF LAND RIGHTS; title: 2 THE RIGHT TO LAND; title: 3 THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK II. LAND REFORM; title: 1 PROMPTS TO REFORM; title: 2 THE PROCESS OF REFORM; title: 3 THE CHANGING SUBSTANCE OF LAND RIGHTS; title: 4 DEMOCRATISING TENURE ADMINISTRATION; title: 5 DEMOCRATISING LAND DISPUTE RESOLUTION PART 2: DISCUSSION; title: Chapter Three: TENURE CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FOREST MANAGEMENT I. CONSTRAINTS; title: 1 IMBALANCE IN STATE-PEOPLE LAND RELATIONS; title: 2 A HISTORY OF EXAGGERATED RIGHTS TO APPROPRIATE LAND; title: 3 SUBORDINATION OF RIGHTS THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT LAND CONSTRUCT; title: 4 YET MORE SUBORDINATION OF RIGHTS IN VIRTUAL GOVERNMENT LANDS; title: 5 THE DRIVE TO REPLACE CUSTOMARY RIGHTS II. OPPORTUNITIES; title: 1 CHANGING LEGAL ATTITUDES TO CUSTOMARY RIGHTS; title: 2 LEGALISING CUSTOMARY TENURE; title: 3 RECONSTRUCTING CUSTOMARY TENURE AS COMMUNITY-BASED TENURE; title: 4 THE CRITICAL NEW OPPORTUNITY: RECOGNITION OF COMMON PROPERTY RIGHTS; title: 5 PROVIDING FOR BUNDLES OF RIGHTS IN THE SAME LAND; title: Chapter Four: FOREST-RELATED CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGEMENT I. CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES; title: 1 THE DISPOSSESSORY EFFECTS OF RESERVATION; title: 2 ACTING TO RE-SECURE FORESTS; title: 3 PROMPTING REVIEW OF STATE TENURE; title: 4 REVISING THE PROCESS OF REVOCATION.; title: 5 REVISING THE PROCESS OF CREATING GOVERNMENT RESERVES; title: 6 RECONSTRUCTING RESERVES II. REALISING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW FOREST LAW COMMUNITIES AS FOREST OWNERS & FOREST MANAGERS; title: 1 TANZANIA; title: 2 ZANZIBAR; title: 3 LESOTHO; title: 4 MALAWI; title: 5 ZAMBIA; title: 6 NAMIBIA; title: 7 SOUTH AFRICA; title: 8 ZIMBABWE; title: 9 MOZAMBIQUE; title: 10 UGANDA; title: 11 KENYA.; title: 12 ETHIOPIA; title: Chapter Five: CONCLUSION THE CONSTITUTION OF COMMUNITY - THE ULTIMATE ISSUE; title: 1 WHO OWNS FORESTS?; title: 2 THE IMPACT OF NEW LAND LAW ON COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS; title: 3 COMMUNITIES AS FOREST MANAGERS; title: 4 THE POSITION OF COMMUNITY IN RESOURCE GOVERNANCE; title: ANNEX A: Summary of Content of Four New Forests Laws; title: ANNEX B: Examples of Community Involvement in Forest Management in Eastern & Southern Africa; title: ANNEX C (1): Constitutional Clauses on Property; title: ANNEX C (2): Losing Rights Through Constitutional Amendments. A Note on the Zimbabwe Case; title: ANNEX D: Overviews of Land Reform in Eastern & Southern Africa; title: ANNEX E: Objectives, Milestones and Public Participation in Land Reform Processes, and Certificates now obtainable for Land; title: ANNEX F: Conditions, Sales and Non-Citizen Rights to Land; title: ANNEX H: Reconstructing Pastoral Tenure.