The Global Politics of Local Conservation
Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2023
XIX, 250 pages
978-3-031-24177-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the politics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia. CBNRM and similar forms of conservation across southern Africa have long been studied for their potential benefits as domestic policy tools to help improve sustainable development. However, they have often failed to achieve their stated goals. By assessing the initiation, design, implementation and outcomes of CBNRM, the book argues that communities are often unable to attain the degree of empowerment that these forms of resource governance promise. It also considers the impact of climate change on CBNRM programmes, and the responses of international actors involved in their governance. In doing so, the book demonstrates how the power imbalances that are built into the global political economy have ensured that those most marginalized in society are no better off as a result of this new form of resource governance. It will appeal to all those interested in CBNRM,conservation studies and environmental governance in Africa, as well political economy and international relations.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XIX, 250 p. 21 illus.
File size
7,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-031-24177-2 (9783031241772)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-24177-2
Schweitzer Classification
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Andrew Heffernan
The Global Politics of Local Conservation
Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia
Book
06/2023
Palgrave Macmillan
€149.79
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Person
Andrew Heffernan is Part-Time Professor in Political Science and International Development at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Governance, Power, and Elephants.- Chapter 3: Green Global Policy Assemblages.- Chapter 4: The Genesis of CBNRM as GGPA in Namibia.- Chapter 5: Climate Change: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities?.- Chapter 6: Assembled Governance from the Local to the Global Community.- Chapter 7: Development, Climate Change, and Green Global Policy Assemblages.
