Re -Scaling Conservation: The Political Ecology of Community Based Forest Management in Southern Malawi
Zulu, Leo Charles
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Description
Title
Re -Scaling Conservation: The Political Ecology of Community Based Forest Management in Southern Malawi
Author(s)
Zulu, Leo Charles
Issue Date
2006
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Kalipeni, Ezekiel
Department of Study
Geography
Discipline
Geography
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Environmental Sciences
Language
eng
Abstract
Introduction 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.
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