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The
LADDER project explores CBNRM's success as a whole, and focuses
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Is
small really beautiful? Community-based natural resource management
in Malawi and Botswana (Piers Blaikie / LADDER Working Paper
No.32 / 2003) (PDF)
This paper questions the rationale behind the popularity of
CBNRM enduring problems such as manageability, decision-making,
the threat to political elites and disempowerment of professional
support. |
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Malawi
Forest Management and Diverse Livelihoods in Malawi
(Dennis Kayambazinthu / Catherine Locke / LADDER Working Paper
No.24 / 2002) (PDF)
This paper examines early experience of Malawi's relatively
new forestry policy which espouses a community forest management
approach. It is based on the idea that local people need to
be given authority to manage resources on which their livelihoods
depend in order to preserve them. It highlights poverty and
equity concerns. |
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Economic
Reforms and Rural Livelihoods in Malawi (Kunal Sen / Archanjel
Chinkunda / LADDER Working Paper No.20 /2002 ) (PDF)
This study examines whether the development reforms in Malawi
in the 1980s have had the desired effect of providing a supportive
environment for smallholder farmers to follow livelihood strategies
that would enable them to move out of poverty. |
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Linking
National Fisheries Policy to Livelihoods on the Shores of Lake
Kyoga, Uganda (Edward H. Allison / LADDER Working Paper
No. 9 / 2003) (PDF)
This paper discusses whether existing and evolving policies
to transfer management responsibility away from central government
towards community-local government partnerships are likely to
facilitate or hinder people's attempts to improve their livelihoods
in Lake Kyoga, Uganda. |
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Rethinking
wildlife for livelihoods and diversification in rural Tanzania:
a case study from northern Selous (Caroline Ashley / Ntengua
Mdoe / Lou Reynolds / LADDER Working Paper No.15 / 2002 ) (PDF)
A further paper assesses how wildlife can, and does contribute
to rural livelihoods and livelihood diversification within villages
on the northern border of Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. It
recommends approaches to community based conservation that enhance
livelihood gains. |
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Fishing
Livelihoods and Fisheries Management in Malawi
(Edward H. Allison / Peter M. MvulaD/ LADDER Working Paper No.22
/ 2002) (PDF)
Studies in five villages on the shores of Lakes Malawi and Chilwa
reveal fisheries to be an important contributor to poverty alleviation
and rural economic growth in lakeshore areas. However there
are concerns about resource decline. Controls and restrictions
have been introduced through Beach Village Committees (BVCs).
There are a number of difficulties found with BVCs which are
discussed.
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The
SLSA project also provide a rich collection of papers regarding
the institutional dynamics of CBNRM with case studies |
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Community-Based
Eco-Tourism on The Wild Coast, South Africa: The Case of the
Amadiba Trail (Zolile Ntshona / Edward Lahiff (PDF)
This paper investigates the origins and current operation of
a community-based ecotourism initiative located on South Africa's
Wild Coast. The key objective of this study is to investigate
the actual involvement of the community in decision making processes,
planning, management, control of the project, and also the kinds
of benefits which they have obtained. |
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The
'New' Communities: Land Tenure Reform and the Advent of New
Institutions in Zambézia Province, Mozambique (Simon
Norfolk/ Isilda Nhantumbo / João Pereira and Zefanias
Matsimbe) (PDF)
Recently, new community-level institutions have emerged in Zambézia
province, Mozambique, as a result of? land rights registration.
Numerous rural groups have delimited their acquired land rights?
What does this mean? and established community-level management
systems. This paper assesses the rise of these 'new' institutions
and whether they have replicated, replaced, or been added on
to the existing pattern of state and non-state institutions
and processes. |
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Water
Points and Water Policies: Decentralisation and Community Management
in Sangwe Communal Area, Zimbabwe (Sobona Mtisi / Alan Nicol)
(PDF)
This paper examines the institutions governing access to borehole
water in two wards in southeast Zimbabwe. The study examined
the contrasting institutional dynamics that have evolved, particularly
around borehole committees as a result of the community based
approach to water management promoted in recent years. It concludes
with a discussion of the challenges of community management
approaches. |
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Water
and Livelihoods: The Case of Tsovani Irrigation Scheme, Sangwe
Communal Area, Zimbabwe (Solomon Mombeshora) (PDF)
In 1996, the parastatal authority in Zimbabwe handed over the
Tsovani irrigation scheme to community management. This paper
differentiates between three different groups of irrigators
and examines how this has worked and for whom.
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The
Improving Policy-Livelihoods Relationships in South Asia project
explores forest and community based management in Asia |
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Participatory
Forestry in Himachal Pradesh India Improving Policy (Elaine
Morrison / Livelihood Relationships in South Asia Policy Review
Paper 2 ) (PDF)
The paper tracks the evolution of policies for forest management
with particular reference to Himachal Pradesh. It discusses
the linkages between forest management and livelihood issues
that inform the joint forest management (JFM) approach. There
is a brief consideration of the progress of policies for JFM
and how this might be improved. |
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Making
Moola and Muddling Along - Trees, Poor People and Policies in
Himachal Pradesh Improving Policy (Gouri / Sushil Mudgal
/ Elaine Morrison / James Mayers / Livelihood Relationships
in South Asia Briefing Note 9) (PDF)
This Briefing Note explores how policy has influenced the relationship
between poor people and trees, and how in future policy might
improve its influence, in Himachal Pradesh (HP), India. The
focus is on five major policy arenas: Panchayati Raj institutions,
timber distribution rights, joint forest management, nomadic
graziers and medicinal plants. |
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Is
Community Forestry in Contemporary Nepal? Pro-Poor and Sustainable?
A Policy Process Analysis (Oliver Springate-Baginski / Piers
Blaikie) (PDF)
This paper considers the ongoing Community Forestry policy process
in Nepal and how it relates to sustainable livelihood issues.
It builds on a prior paper which outlined the emergence and
development of the policy entitled 'Community Forestry in Nepal
- A Policy Review'.
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The Livelihood Options project considers
decentralisation of natural resource management |
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Decentralising
Natural Resource Management: Lessons from Local Government Reform
in India (Pari Baumann / John Farrington) (PDF)
Drawing on ODI's study of decentralisation processes at State,
district and village levels in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
and Karnataka, this paper considers the influence of political
economy factors on decentralised natural resource management
in India. There are examples of partnerships between public
administration and local user groups e.g. Joint forest Management
and Watershed Management groups.
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