Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
New and more complex partnerships linking donors, governments, community-based organizations, NGOs, business, and other intermediaries are emerging to address the governance natural resources in developing countries. Yet while these sustainability partnerships are able to draw on substantial resources and attract high expectations, we do not know whether and why they have delivered better outcomes. In this book, scholars from a range of disciplines analyze the governance of sustainability in three key natural resource sectors in Tanzania - forestry, wildlife and coastal resources - to establish what organizational structures work best. Using innovative methodological approaches, the contributors examine the emergence, structure and evolution of sustainability partnerships and the broader social networks in which they are embedded.
Synopsis
Providing valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management of wildlife, forests and coastal resources in Tanzania, this study draws from 'New Partnerships for Sustainability' (NEPSUS), a 5-year collective research project.
Responding to the urgent need in writings on conservation, sustainability and development, this book considers how politics structure sustainability outcomes at multiple levels, it uncovers the complexity of partnerships that are crucial for achieving this, challenging its readers to interrogate these sustainability networks and their environmental and socio-economic outcomes.
The contributors, from a range of disciplines, compare 'more complex' partnerships to relatively 'simpler', more traditional top-down and centralized management systems and to location where sustainability partnerships are not in place. Within-sector comparisons allow a fine-tuned analysis that is formed of historical, location and resource-specific issues, which can be used as input for resource-specific policy and partnership design. Experiences and lessons can be drawn from comparisons across the three different sectors, which can be applied to natural resource governance more broadly.
Synopsis
Provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management and governance of wildlife, forestry and coastal resources.
Responding to the urgent need to examine the outcome of interventions in governing natural resources, this book analyses different types of sustainability partnerships - with donors, governments, business, NGOs and other actors, and, crucially, assesses which result in better livelihood and environmental outcomes.
The contributors, from a range of disciplines, compare 'more complex' partnerships to relatively 'simpler', more traditional top-down and centralized management systems and to location where sustainability partnerships are not in place. Within-sector comparisons allow a fine-tuned analysis that is formed of historical, location and resource-specific issues, which can be used as input for resource-specific policy and partnership design. Experiences and lessons can be drawn from comparisons across the three different sectors, which can be applied to natural resource governance more broadly.
Synopsis
Richly detailed and timely study on conservation, development and sustainability in Tanzania.
Provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management and governance of wildlife, forestry and coastal resources.
Responding to the urgent need to examine the outcome of interventions in governing natural resources, this book analyses different types of sustainability partnerships - with donors, governments, business, NGOs and other actors, and, crucially, assesses which result in better livelihood and environmental outcomes.
The contributors, from a range of disciplines, compare 'more complex' partnerships to relatively 'simpler', more traditional top-down and centralized management systems and to location where sustainability partnerships are not in place. Within-sector comparisons allow a fine-tuned analysis that is formed of historical, location and resource-specific issues, which can be used as input for resource-specific policy and partnership design. Experiences and lessons can be drawn from comparisons across the three different sectors, which can be applied to natural resource governance more broadly.