Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa: Impacts, experiences and future directions
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| Author(s) | Roe, D. Nelson, F. Sandbrook, C. |
| Date | September 2009 |
| Reference type | Book |
| Pages | 154 pp. |
| Publisher | IIED, London |
Summary
More than twenty years have passed since community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) rose to prominence in different parts of Africa as a strategy for rural development, local empowerment, and conservation. Led by new ideas about the merits of decentralized, collective resource governance regimes, and creative field experiments such as Zimbabwe’s CAMPFIRE, these community-based approaches evolved in a wide range of ecological, political, and social contexts across Africa. This review provides an unprecedented pan-African synthesis of CBNRM, drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. The review discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives. In its concluding chapter, the report suggests a way forward for strengthening CBNRM and addressing key challenges in the years ahead.
Themes
CBNRM
Geographic coverage
Africa
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