Intro -- Rights, Resources and Rural Development Community-based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART 1: SYNTHESIS -- Chapter 1: The fundamentals of community-based natural resource management -- Chapter 2 Community-based natural resource management and rural livelihoods -- Chapter 3 Political economy, governance and community-based natural resource management -- Chapter 4 Putting out fires: Does the 'C' in CBNRM stand for community or centrifuge? -- Chapter 5 Reconciling biodiversity conservation with rural development: The Holy Grail of CBNRM? -- PART 2: CASE STUDIES -- Chapter 6 Community-based natural resource management, traditional governance and spiritual ecology in southern Africa: The case of chiefs, diviners and spirit mediums -- Chapter 7 The contribution of bees to livelihoods in southern Africa -- Chapter 8 Everyday resources are valuable enough for community-based natural resource management programme support: Evidence from South Africa -- Chapter 9 Community-based natural resource management in the Okavango Delta -- Chapter 10 Local ecological knowledge and the Basarwa in the Okavango Delta: The case of Xaxaba, Ngamiland District -- Chapter 11 A land without fences: Range management in Lesotho -- Chapter 12 Beach village committees as a vehicle for community participation: Lake Malombe/Upper Shire River Participatory Programme -- Chapter 13 Key issues in Namibia's communal conservancy movement -- Chapter 14 The Torra Conservancy in Namibia -- Chapter 15 The Tchumo Tchato project in Mozambique: Community-based natural resource management in transition.

Chapter 16 The Richtersveld and Makuleke contractual parks in South Africa: Win-win for communities and conservation? -- Chapter 17 The Luangwa Integrated Rural Development Project, Zambia -- Chapter 18 Community wildlife management in Zimbabwe: The case of CAMPFIRE in the Zambezi Valley -- Chapter 19 New configurations of power around Mafungautsi State Forest in Zimbabwe -- Conclusions and recommendations: What we have learned from a decade of experimentation -- Index.

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is an approach that offers multiple related benefits: securing rural livelihoods; ensuring careful conservation and management of biodiversity and other resources; and empowering communities to manage these resources sustainably. Recently, however, the CBNRM concept has attracted criticism for failing in its promise of delivering significant local improvements and conserving biodiversity in some contexts. This book identifies the flaws in its application, which often have been swept under the carpet by those involved in the initiatives. The authors analyse them, and propose remedies for specific circumstances based on the lessons learned from CBNRM experience in southern Africa over more than a decade. The result is essential reading for all researchers, observers and practitioners who have focused on CBNRM in sustainable development programmes as a means to overcome poverty and conserve ecosystems in various parts of the globe. It is a vital tool in improving their methods and performance. In addition, academics, students and policy-makers in natural resource management, resource economics, resource governance and rural development will find it a very valuable and instructive resource.

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