Governance for justice and environmental sustainability : lessons across natural resource sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Merle Sowman and Rachel Wynberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910293152103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 0-203-12088-4; 1-136-32412-7; 1-136-32413-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SowmanMerle; WynbergRachel
• Disciplina: 333.70967
• Soggetti: Natural resources - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Management; Sustainability - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Sustainable development - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Social justice - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Environmental justice - Government policy - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Governance, equity and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: An introduction to the discourse; 2 Theoretical deliberations on understanding natural resource governance; 3 Localizing global environmental governance norms: Implications for justice; 4 Governing ancestral land in Madagascar: Have policy reforms contributed to social justice?; 5 Exclusionary spaces: Power, poverty and community-based natural resource management in West Africa; 6 Wildlife paying its way? A critical analysis of community-based natural resource management in the Chobe Enclave, Botswana7 Community-based conservation and protected areas: Commons perspectives for promoting biodiversity and social justice in southern ; Africa; 8 Community-based natural resource management: Micro-governance and face-to-face participatory democracy; 9 Fisheries co-management in the Okavango Delta's panhandle: The Okavango Fisheries Management Committee case study; 10 Shifting gear: A new governance framework for small-scale fisheries in South Africa; 11 Legal pluralism and the governance of freshwater resources in southern Africa: Can customary governance be embedded within the statutory frameworks for integrated water resources management?12 Customary governance of baobab in eastern Zimbabwe: Impacts of state-led interventions; 13 Partnerships are not forever: The limits of collaborative governance in diamond mining in Namaqualand; 14 Governance, equity and sustainability in non-timber forest product value chains; 15 Governing the ungovernable? Climate change and social justice in southern Africa; 16 Towards robust governance for justice and environmental sustainability: Lessons from natural resource sectors in sub-Saharan AfricaIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Understanding the governance of complex social-ecological systems is vital in a world faced with rapid environmental change, conflicts over dwindling natural resources, stark disparities between rich and poor and the crises of sustainability. Improved understanding is also essential to promote governance approaches that are underpinned by justice and equity principles and that aim to reduce inequality and benefit the most marginalised sectors of society. This book is concerned with enhancing the understanding of governance in relation to social justice and environmental sustainabili