Doing more harm than good? Community based natural resource management and the neglect of local institutions in policy development

Land Use Policy

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 293-301

  Kamoto, Judith ^a   Clarkson, Graham ^b   Dorward, Peter ^b   Shepherd, Derek ^b  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based management; Decentralisation; Elite capture; Local institutions; Policy development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORESTRY POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

LILONGWE; MALAWI;

EID: 84880371990     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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