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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476875103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2014]

©2014

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages)

Disciplina

333.7096

Soggetti

Natural resources - Africa, Southern - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references 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.

Sommario/riassunto

The intention of this book is to begin to shed light on these issues, by exploring the interplay between governance, justice and sustainability in a range of natural resource sectors. The book comprises 16 chapters, 12 of them case studies recounting experiences in the forest, wildlife, fisheries, conservation, mining and water sectors of diverse countries: Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Cameroon.