Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Yihenew Zewdie Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 476 ISBN: 9783844392128
Описание
Drawing cases from one of Ethiopia’s most forestedregion of Kafa, this book appraises state-communityand intra-community relationships in forest accessand examines the livelihood significance of naturalforests. Despite the progressively dominant roleaccorded to state tenure in land resources, the bookpresents empirical evidence about the tenacity oftraditional principles and channels of forest access.The analysis also provides fresh insights into theintricacies of forest dependency, and identifiesimportant pointers for instituting village-basedforest management schemes that are applicable in awide range of settings. Employing analyticalperspectives that centred on property rights andmanagement regimes in common pool resources (CPRs),and synthesising the rich field-level data, the bookstresses the need to look beyond the'tragedy’/’comedy’ dichotomy in the conceptualisationof resource management outcomes and the utility ofembedding CPR analysis into the notion of ‘thesustainable...
