The Global Politics of Local Conservation

Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia

Andrew Heffernan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XIX, 250 Seiten

2023 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-24176-5 (ISBN)

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This book examines the politics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia. CBNRM and similar forms of conservation across southern Africa have long been studied for their potential benefits as domestic policy tools to help improve sustainable development. However, they have often failed to achieve their stated goals. By assessing the initiation, design, implementation and outcomes of CBNRM, the book argues that communities are often unable to attain the degree of empowerment that these forms of resource governance promise. It also considers the impact of climate change on CBNRM programmes, and the responses of international actors involved in their governance. In doing so, the book demonstrates how the power imbalances that are built into the global political economy have ensured that those most marginalized in society are no better off as a result of this new form of resource governance. It will appeal to all those interested in CBNRM,conservation studies and environmental governance in Africa, as well political economy and international relations.

Andrew Heffernan is Part-Time Professor in Political Science and International Development at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Governance, Power, and Elephants.- Chapter 3: Green Global Policy Assemblages.- Chapter 4: The Genesis of CBNRM as GGPA in Namibia.- Chapter 5: Climate Change: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities?.- Chapter 6: Assembled Governance from the Local to the Global Community.- Chapter 7: Development, Climate Change, and Green Global Policy Assemblages.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2023
Reihe/Serie	Environmental Politics and Theory
Zusatzinfo	XIX, 250 p. 21 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	climate change • Communities • conservation • global environmental governance • Green global policy assemblage • Namibia • natural resource management
ISBN-10	3-031-24176-2 / 3031241762
ISBN-13	978-3-031-24176-5 / 9783031241765
Zustand	Neuware