Community rights, conservation, and contested land : the politics of natural resource governance in Africa

Natural resource governance is central to the outcomes of biodiversity conservation efforts and to patterns of economic development, particularly in resource-dependent rural communities. This volume examines the political dynamics of natural resource governance processes through a range of comparative case studies across east and southern Africa. These cases include both local and national settings, and examine issues such as land rights, tourism development, wildlife conservation, participatory forest management and the impacts of climate change, and are drawn from both academics and field practitioners working across the region.