Attempts to manage natural resources through collaboration rather than competition, by agreements rather than conflict, have become the touchstone for many who see these efforts as the harbinger of global sustainable development. The received wisdom suggests that participatory natural resource management projects work because traditional knowledge of the resources and existing social structures can be utilised to develop more effective strategies for resource use. Participation is a flexible and adaptable concept, which can reflect local circumstances and priorities. The contributors to this volume advise caution as well as optimism for projects conducted in this way. By drawing on the experience of NGOs, national governments and donor sectors as well as academic researchers this volume analyses the theory and practice of participatory natural resource management and demonstrates the value of constructive dialogue between all those involved.

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MARGIE DE WEESE BOYD Ph.D. Candidate, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis CZECH CONROY Senior Socio-Economist, Natural Resource Institute, University of Greenwich DINY VAN EST Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden University CHIP FAY Senior Tenure Specialist, Natural Resource Strategies and Policy, ICRAF, Indonesia HUBERT DE FORESTA ICRAF, Indonesia URS GEISER Lecturer and Research Associate, Department of Geography, Zurich University INGVILD HARKES Anthropologist, Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development, Denmark JOHN KABAMBA Department of Forestry and Beekeeping, Government of Tanzania KOOS NEEFJES Oxfam GB's Policy Advisor, Environment and Development MIKE NURSE Royal Government of Bhutan, Training Specialist, Third Forestry Development Project GERARD PERSOON Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden University V. SANTHAKUMAR Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram MADHURSEE SEKHAR Assistant Director, Decentralised Governance and Planning Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore NANDINI SUNDAR Reader in Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Dehli GAUTAM YADAMA Associate Professor, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis

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List of Tables, Figures and Appendices Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management; B.Vira & R.Jeffery PART I: ANALYTICAL ISSUES To 'Participate' with Whom, for What, for What (and Against Whom): Forest Fringe Management Along the Western Ghats in southern Kerala; U.Geiser Constructing the Future: Dynamics of Local and External Views Regarding Community-Based Resource Management; D.van Est & G.Persoon PART II: CONSTRUCTING PARTICIPATION Defining Institutions for Collaborative Mangrove Management: A Case Study from Tanga, Tanzania; M.Nurse & J.Kabamba Organisations for Participatory CPR Management; M.Sekhar Co-Management of Forests in the Tribal Regions of Andhra Pradesh, India: A Study in the Making and Unmaking of Social Capital; G.Yadama & M.de Weese Boyd PART III: ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES OF INTERVENTION AGENTS Learning from Participatory Environmental Impact Assessment of Community Centred Development: The Oxfam Experience; K.Neefjes Project Success: Different Perspectives, Different Measurements; I.Harkes Joint Forest Management: A Silent Revolution Among Forest Department Staff?; R.Jeffery, N.Sundar & P.Khanna PART IV: DYNAMICS OF PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES Conflicts Affecting Participatory Forest Management: Their Nature and Implications: C.Conroy, A.Mishra, A.Rai, N.M.Singh & M.Chan Progress Towards Recognising the Rights and Management Potentials of Local Communities in Indonesian State-Defined Forest Areas; C.Fay & H.de Foresta Analysing Failed Participation with the Perspective of New Institutional Economics; V.Santhakumar References Index