African Wildlife & Livelihoods: The Promise and Performance of Community Conservation

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Contributions by 16 international specialists assess the success of community-based approaches to the conservation of African environments and to the improvement of rural livelihoods during the past decade. Topics include the development of the concept of community conservation; examples of reforms in public policy and institutions resulting from community-oriented approaches; detailed case studies of community conservation as a part of park outreach strategy in E. Africa; approaches enabling local communities to regain control over management of important wildlife resources; economics, incentives and institutional change; and ecological impacts of community conservation.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Essays on the policy, practice, and theory of community conservation in Africa.

About the Author
DAVID HULME is Professor of Development Studies at the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester. MARSHALL MURPHREE is chairman of the Sustainable Usse Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).


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Contributions by 16 international specialists assess the success of community-based approaches to the conservation of African environments and to the improvement of rural livelihoods during the past decade. Topics include the development of the concept of community conservation; examples of reforms in public policy and institutions resulting from community-oriented approaches; detailed case studies of community conservation as a part of park outreach strategy in E. Africa; approaches enabling local communities to regain control over management of important wildlife resources; economics, incentives and institutional change; and ecological impacts of community conservation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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