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Zusatztext "Resource governance at its best. Sowman! Wynberg and colleagues have produced a book with strong theory and fascinating case studies that provide a broad vista across the sub-Saharan African landscape and waterscape." -Fikret Berkes! Natural Resource Institute! University of Manitoba! Canada."This book is at the cutting edge of the quest for sustainable development solutions that acknowledge the central place of social justice in the political and governance domains. This is a book that should be read and used by development practitioners and scholars! with valuable insights from Africa for the world." - Bruce Frayne! Associate Professor! University of Waterloo! Canada. Informationen zum Autor Merle Sowman is the Director of the Environmental Evaluation Unit and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Rachel Wynberg is Deputy Director of the Environmental Evaluation Unit and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, where she holds a Research Chair on Social and Environmental Dimensions of the Bio-economy. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on consolidating and enhancing intellectual understanding, knowledge and capacity about governance systems required to achieve justice and environmental sustainability, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability: Theories and Concepts 3. Localising 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, Botswana 7. 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 Integrate 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 Southern Africa ...
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1. Introduction 2. Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability: Theories and Concepts 3. Localising 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, Botswana 7. 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 Integrate 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 Southern Africa
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"Resource governance at its best. Sowman, Wynberg and colleagues have produced a book with strong theory and fascinating case studies that provide a broad vista across the sub-Saharan African landscape and waterscape." - Fikret Berkes, Natural Resource Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada.
"This book is at the cutting edge of the quest for sustainable development solutions that acknowledge the central place of social justice in the political and governance domains. This is a book that should be read and used by development practitioners and scholars, with valuable insights from Africa for the world." - Bruce Frayne, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada.
