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Attempts to manage natural resources through collaboration rather than competition, by agreements rather than conflict, have become the touchstone for many who see these efforts as the harbinger of global sustainable development. The received wisdom suggests that participatory natural resource management projects work because traditional knowledge of the resources and existing social structures can be utilised to develop more effective strategies for resource use. Participation is a flexible and adaptable concept, which can reflect local circumstances and priorities. The contributors to this volume advise caution as well as optimism for projects conducted in this way. By drawing on the experience of NGOs, national governments and donor sectors as well as academic researchers this volume analyses the theory and practice of participatory natural resource management and demonstrates the value of constructive dialogue between all those involved.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #4965018 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 245 pages

About the Author
BHASKAR VIRA is Assistant Lecturer in Environment and Development, Department of Geography, and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, at the University of Cambridge. Previous publications include Institutional Pluralism in Forestry: Considerations of Analytical and Operational Tools and Implementing Joint Forest Management in the Field: Towards an Understanding of the Community-Bureaucracy Interface.

ROGER JEFFERY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Previously publications include (with Patricia Jeffery) The Political of Health in India, and Population, Gender and Politics.