Beyond Proprietorship. Murphree�s Laws on Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa: Murphree�s Laws on Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

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v Contents Contents 1 Introduction B.B. Mukamuri, J.M. Manjengwa & S. Anstey 1 2 Murphree’s Laws, Principles, Rules & Definitions Rowan B. Martin 7 3 Rethinking the Building Blocks A Critique of Demand Driven Decentralisation in Chizvirizvi Resettlement Area in Chiredzi District of Zimbabwe Chaka Chirozva 29 4 Beacon & Barometer CBNRM & evolutions in Local Democracy in Southern Africa Simon Anstey 41 5 Global-local linkages The meanings of CBNRM in global conservation politics Rosaleen Duffy 58 vi CONTENTS 6 Rural Institutions Challenges and Prospects for the active participation in Natural Resources Governance in Zimbabwe Billy Mukamuri 7 More than Socially Embedded The Distinctive Character of ‘Communal Tenure’ Regimes in South Africa & its Implications for Policy Ben Cousins 89 8 Conflicts & Commercialization Pressures over Forest Resources in the Post-Fast Track Land Reform Context in Zimbabwe A case of Seke Communal Lands Shylock Muyengwa 123 9 Gender Issues Surrounding Water Development & Management in Chishawasha Settlement Area Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya 136 10 Participatory Development of Community-based Management Plans for Livestock Feed Resources in Semi-arid Areas of Zimbabwe Experiences from Lower Guruve District B.G. Mombeshora, F. Chinembiri & T. Lynam 151 vii Contents 11 Local Environmental Action Planning Making it Work Jeannette Manjengwa 164 12 Trying to Make Sense of it All Dealing with the Complexities of Community Based Natural Resource Management Michael A. Jones 179 13 Taking Murphree’s Principles into the Future The Research & Development Issues for CBNRM Initiatives in Southern Africa B.B. Mukamuri, J.M. Manjengwa & S. Anstey 198 Notes on Contributors 201 viii ...