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Empowering Communities to Manage Natural Resources: Case Studies from Southern Africa

Author(s) Sheona Shackelton and Bruce Campbell
Year of publication 2000
This report consists of a series of individual’s country papers which focus on community empowerment and power relations in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) initiatives based on existing literature and the direct experiences of authors in eight southern/eastern African countries . The case studies cover a diversity of sectors from wildlife management to range and forest management, and describe both co-management and common property arrangements.
Type of Case
Printed publication (book, sourcebook, journal article…)
Publisher
SADC Wildlife Sector-Natural Resources Management Programme and CSIR, Lilongwe, Malawi
Region
Africa
Biome
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
All