Table of Contents:
  • The background to community-based conservation / David Western and R. Michael Wright
  • Ecosystem conservation and rural development: the case of Amboseli / David Western
  • The resurgence of community forest management in eastern India / Mark Poffenberger
  • Transforming customary law and coastal management practices in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, 1870-1992 / Charles Zerner
  • Managing wildlife with local communities in the Peruvian Amazon: the case of the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo / Richard E. Bodmer
  • Kakadu National Park: an Australian experience in comanagement / M.A. Hill and A.J. Press
  • The Zimbabwe Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) / Simon Metcalfe
  • Local initiatives and the rewards for biodiversity conservation: Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea / Mary C. Pearl
  • BOSCOSA: forest conservation and management through local institutions (Costa Rica) / Richard Donovan
  • Profile of national policy: natural forest management in Niger / Jonathan Otto and Kent Elbow
  • A profile and interim assessment of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Nepal / Michael P. Wells
  • The farm scheme of North York Moors National Park, United Kingdom / Derek C. Statham
  • Community-based approaches to wildlife conservation in neotropical forests / John G. Robinson and Kent H. Redford
  • Cultural traditions and community-based conservation / Charles D. Kleymeyer
  • The link between local participation and improved conservation: a review of issues and experiences / Peter D. Little
  • Tenurial rights and community-based conservation / Owen J. Lynch and Janis B. Alcorn
  • Community environmental action: the national policy context / Fabio Feldmann
  • The role of institutions in community-based conservation / Marshall W. Murphree
  • Economic dimensions of community-based conservation / Daniel W. Bromley
  • Ecological limits and opportunities for community-based conservation / Nick Salafsky
  • Are successful community-based conservation projects designed or discovered? / Frances J. Seymour
  • Linking conservation and community aspirations / David Western
  • Lessons learned / Shirley C. Strum
  • Recommendations / R. Michael Wright
  • A few big challenges / David Western [and others]
  • Visions of the future: the new focus of conservation / David Western.