WHAT IS COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT?
• Some Qualifications • CBNRM Strategy • Reasons for CBNRM • WHY IS CBNRM RECEIVING ATTENTION? • SECTOR ALTERNATIVES • Options for Natural Resource Management • Strengths and Weaknesses • WORKING AT LOCAL LEVELS • Community • Group • Locality • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT • VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITIES • WORKSHOP THEMES • Community-Based Groups • Linkages that Transcend Communities • Conflict Management • Enabling Policy and Institutional Environments • CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION Interest in community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) derives from a combination of frustration and optimism. The frustration comes from the shortcomings of efforts to preserve vulnerable natural resources that ignored the needs and interests of local communities and that failed to enlist their cooperation and capabilities in managing those resources. At the same time, there are a number of encouraging experiences with community involvement in natural resource management. Some o
