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ln his introduction, Tony Cunningham invites the reader “to get to know trees – and the landscapes they characterize – through a botany that uses all your senses.” Science offers a succinct description of baobab tree bark, for example, but those who accept Cunningham’s invitation will also observ...


Cunningham, A.B.Campbell, Bruce M.Luckert MK[Bark: Use, Management and Commerce in Africa]Bark: Use, Management and Commerce in Africa

To meet the challenges of poverty and environmental sustainability, a more integrated approach to research is required. Such an approach must embrace the complexity of systems and redirect research towards the greater inclusion of issues such as participatory approaches, multi-scale analysis and ...


Campbell, Bruce M.Sayer, Jeffrey A.[Integrated natural resource management: linking productivity, the environment and development]Integrated natural resource management: linking productivity, the environment and development

The study provides a comparative analysis of the devolution and empowerment process in 14 case studies drawn from eight countries in southern Africa. Each case study examined the extent to which policy and legislation devolves significant control over decision making and benefit flows to communit...


Shackleton, S.Campbell, Bruce M.[Devolution in natural resource management: institutional arrangements and power shifts: a synthesis of case studies from southern Africa]Devolution in natural resource management: institutional arrangements and power shifts: a synthesis of case studies from southern Africa

The overall aim of this study was to explore what the development community can do, or facilitate, to significantly improve livelihoods in semi-arid systems.The authors based their analysis on two case-study sites in the communal lands of southern Zimbabwe. The main tool was a detailed livelihood...


Campbell, Bruce M.Jeffrey, S.Kozanayi, W.Luckert, M.Mutamba, M.Zindi, C.[Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: options and constraints]Household livelihoods in semi-arid regions: options and constraints

Miombo woodlands are the most extensive vegetation type in Africa south of the equator. These dry tropical woodlands cover some 2.5 million hectares and are home to over 40 million people. Miombo products are very important to the livelihoods and basic needs of an additional 15 million urban Afri...


Campbell, Bruce M.[The Miombo in transition: woodlands and welfare in Africa]The Miombo in transition: woodlands and welfare in Africa

This report consists of a series of individual country papers prepared for a study on devolution, community empowerment and power relations in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in the SADC region. Case studies were undertaken during 1999 in eight southeastern/eastern African cou...


Shackleton, S.Campbell, Bruce M.[Empowering communities to manage natural resources: case studies from Southern Africa]Empowering communities to manage natural resources: case studies from Southern Africa

This book is directed to non-economists working in the context of developing countries. The purpose is to provide an overview of methods that may be used to assess the economic importance of forests to household livelihoods. The methods are presented with a number of examples of their use, most o...


Campbell, Bruce M.Luckert, M.K.[Uncovering the hidden harvest: valuation methods for woodland and forest resources]Uncovering the hidden harvest: valuation methods for woodland and forest resources

This study examines the preliminary impacts of Indonesia's decentralization process on the administration and management of forest resources in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan. The case study is based on field work carried out in mid-2000, using a rapid appraisal methodology. The report covers...


Campbell, Bruce M.Luckert, M.K.[Evaluando de cosecha oculta de los bosques: metodos de valuacion para bosques y recursos forestales]Evaluando de cosecha oculta de los bosques: metodos de valuacion para bosques y recursos forestales

This book attempts to redefine roles of government agencies, development assistance programmes and science in achieving a more sustainable future of rural landscapes in tropical developing countries. Science faces major challenges in tackling the inter-linked problems of poverty and environmental...


Sayer, Jeffrey A.Campbell, Bruce M.[The science of sustainable development: local livelihoods and the global environment]The science of sustainable development: local livelihoods and the global environment

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