Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management

by J. Peter Brosius (Contributor), Janis Alcorn (Contributor), Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend (Contributor)

The distinguished environmentalists in this collection offer an in-depth analysis and call to advocacy for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Their overview of this transnational movement reveals important links between environmental management and social justice agendas for sustainable use of resources by local communities. In this volume, leaders who have been instrumental in creating and shaping CBNRM describe their model programs; the countermapping movement and collective claims to land and resources; legal strategies for gaining rights to resources and territories; biodiversity conservation and land stabilization priorities; and environmental justice and minority rights. This book will be of value to instructors, practitioners and activists in anthropology, cultural geography, environmental justice, environmental policy, political ecology, indigenous rights, conservation biology, and CBNRM.

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, Reference

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Arya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Those who searching broad variety of knowledge on how local people manage their own resources, will find many good and interesting ideas in this book. It is quite inspiring book for those dealing with natural resources management sciences.

[Ce · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of case studies that reflect the pros and cons of Community Based Natural Resource Management. A good introduction for those who seek to understand what is useful in terms of socio-political and economic issues inside a community, in order a conservation project could work.