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

Abstract

Part 1 Setting the scene: conservation and communities, William Adams and D. Hulme community conservation from concept to practice - a practical framework, Edmund Barrow and Marshall Murphree. Part 2 Conservation policies and institutions: the evolution of policy in Namibia and Zimbabwe, Brian Jones and M. Murphree community conservation in East Africa, Edmund Barrow et al the political economy of community conservation policy in Mozambique, Simon Anstey reforming a conservation bureaucracy in Tanzania, Patrick Bergin. Part 3 Parks and people revisited -community conservation as projected area outreach: Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda, D. Hulme and Mark Infield Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda, William Adams and Mark Infield Tarangire National Park, Tanzania (1992-97), Kadzo Kangwana and Rafael Ole Mako. Part 4 Developing management: the evolution of a community-based approach to wildlife management at Kunene, Namibia, Brian Jones community conservation and private business (Mahenye, Zimbabwe), M. Murphree community conservation designed by the community (Mozambique), Simon Anstey and Camila de Sousa. Part 5 Economics, incentives and institutional change: the nature of benefits and the benefits of nature, Lucy Emerton economic incentives and institutional change in Zimbabwe, Ivan Bond committees, rights, costs and benefits (Zimbabwe's CAMPFIRE programme), James Murombedzi. Part 6 Measuring and monitoring conservation: can community conservation strategies meet the conservation agenda?, Kadzo Kangwana participatory natural resource management - implications for conservation, Russell Taylor. Part 7 Conclusions: the future of community conservation community conservation and beyond.