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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Re -Scaling Conservation: The Political Ecology of Community Based Forest Management in Southern Malawi
Abstract
dc:descriptionIntroduction of CBFM reconfigured relations of power surrounding forest access, use and management in ways whose net effect was to undermine forest conservation. Reliance on village forest committees created elitist, unaccountable, and corrupt village bureaucracies. Alienated, many communities withdrew their labor and support for CBFM. Therefore, how power is exercised was a major factor in CBFM success. Scholars and policy makers should look beyond institutions, seek broad-based community empowerment, and build leadership skills of local leaders so that they can balance the wielding of power among various CBFM actors.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Geography
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Zulu, Leo Charles
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Kalipeni, Ezekiel
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI3243046
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85151