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

ISBN 10: 0852554141 / ISBN 13: 9780852554142

Published by James Currey, 2001

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Synopsis:

This volume examines just how successful community-based conservation approaches have been in their twin objectives of conserving African environments and improving rural livelihoods. Recent conservation policies in Africa have followed three main principles: 1) that conservation should be community-based; 2) that things conserved should be managed to achieve both development and conservation goals; 3) that markets should play a role in shaping the incentives for conservation. The editors and contributors of this volume examine the success or otherwise of these practices in a number of different contexts across the continent. Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP; Zimbabwe: Weaver Press

Review: Valuable for the honest and hard-hitting examination it gives community conservation. We learn that it will be difficult to provide meaningful returns from wildlife unless wildlife densities are high; that conservation is costly to communities. ...a must for all who are working on community conservation, scholars and practitioners alike. --Journal of Modern African Studies

A useful resource for conservation practitioners, academics and students alike. --LUCAS Bulletin

Bibliographic Details

Title: African Wildlife and Livelihoods: The ...
Publisher: James Currey
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New