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The "paradigm shift" in natural resource management away from state-centred control toward community-based approaches in which local people play a much more active role is situated within the theoretical framework seeking to empower local communities through decentralization policies. This study ...


Nemarundwe, N.[Social charters and organisation for access to woodlands: institutional implications for devolving responsibilities for resource management to the local level in Chivi District, Zimbabwe]Social charters and organisation for access to woodlands: institutional implications for devolving responsibilities for resource management to the local level in Chivi District, Zimbabwe

Forest exploitation has been the main economic driver in the northern Bolivian Amazon. The country enacted changes in legislation and policies affecting natural resource governance. These changes increase the control of the forestry sector by rural communities. Conflicts characterize these change...


Jong, W. deRuiz, S.Becker, M.[Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia]Conflicts and communal forest management in northern Bolivia
Yasmi, Y.Schanz, H.Salim, A.[Manifestation of conflict escalation in natural resource management]Manifestation of conflict escalation in natural resource management

Gorontalo’s tropical forest is of global importance and is the last stronghold for conserving Sulawesi’s unique biodiversity. However, implementation of biodiversity conservation at the local level has been fraught with very complex, rooted in increased pressures on natural resources and its ecol...


Kartikasari, S.N.Rixecker, S.Espiner, S.R.Colfer, C.J.P.[Seeing the forest as more than its trees: local stakeholders’ perceptions of natural forest benefits in Gorontalo, Indonesia]Seeing the forest as more than its trees: local stakeholders’ perceptions of natural forest benefits in Gorontalo, Indonesia

Dry land resources have national and global significance. Ethiopia, in particular, is a dry land country whose resources are yet to be managed properly if they are to contribute meaningfully to the country’s socio-economic development and environmental resilience. Using major findings of several ...


Lemenih, MulugetaKassa, H.[Socio-economic and environmental significance of dry land resources of Ethiopia and their development challenges]Socio-economic and environmental significance of dry land resources of Ethiopia and their development challenges
Autor: Oyono, P.R.

Theory informs us that decentralisation, a process through which powers, responsibilities and resources are devolved by the central state to lower territorial entities and regionally/locally elected bodies, increases efficiency, participation, equity, and environmental sustainability. Many types ...


Oyono, P.R.[One step forward, two steps back?: paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in Cameroon]One step forward, two steps back?: paradoxes of natural resources management decentralisation in Cameroon
Autor: Kumar, C.

This article concerned with the diverse nature and interest in the concept of 'community' and especially as it applies to community-based natural resource management projects that have grown in emphasis during the past twenty years. Despite all the rhetoric about community and its reference in a ...


Kumar, C.[Revisiting 'community' in community-based natural resource management]Revisiting 'community' in community-based natural resource management

Governments in tropical countries are still responding to increasing forest degradation by implementing different types of protected areas. In general, due to their negative image as causes of deforestation, local communities are being excluded from any management role in these conservation areas...


Boissiere, M.Sheil, DouglasBasuki, I.Wan, M.Le, H.[Can engaging local people’s interests reduce forest degradation in Central Vietnam?]Can engaging local people’s interests reduce forest degradation in Central Vietnam?
Koning, R.G. deMbaga, J.[Conflits pour les ressources naturelles de la peninsule de Bakassi: du global au local]Conflits pour les ressources naturelles de la peninsule de Bakassi: du global au local

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