Adaptive Cross-scalar Governance of Natural Resources

Adaptive Cross-scalar Governance of Natural Resources
ISBN-10
1317916468
ISBN-13
9781317916468
Category
Social Science
Pages
308
Language
English
Published
2014-04-24
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Brian Child, Grenville Barnes

Description

Natural resource governance is critical for linking poverty reduction and sustainable natural resource use. This book brings together authors from various disciplines with extensive field experience to promote an integrative understanding of cross-scale and adaptive governance in Africa and Latin America. The authors make the case for reaching beyond decentralization to promote adaptive governance that serves local priorities, but through interactions with local, district, national and global governance structures. The book focuses on the governance of common pool resources such as forests, wildlife, water, carbon and pasture resources in both Africa and Latin America. This book will appeal to development practitioners and scholars concerned about the conservation of natural resources and the sustainable development of communities. It synthesizes experience with the governance of different natural resources from a broad geographic perspective. It also provides theoretical and practical suggestions for taking adaptive natural resource governance forward, including participatory methods for measuring and monitoring governance.

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