Creating common spaces: Natural resource management in Fuuta Jalon, Guinea

dc.contributor.authorFischer, J. E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialFuuta Jalonen
dc.coverage.spatialGuineaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:11Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:11Zen
dc.date.issued2000en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractPrograms and projects focusing on natural resource management (NRM) have become widespread throughout West Africa, affecting national and local land tenure policies and practices. Many of the current community-based NRM efforts in West Africa assume the existence of common property land resources. Application of a community-based approach to NRM posed significant problems in the Fuuta Jalon region of Guinea because land resources held as common property are practically non existent. Relying on applied research, this article analyzes the use of a contract mechanism at the project level to create common NRV spaces relies on widely accepted local tenure rules and land redistribution mechanisms. Support of existing tenure practices is a likely attribute of contractual solutions since one of the main objectives is to adapt existing practices to changing circumstances rather than to replace them entirely.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier1404en
dc.identifier.citationSociety & Natural Resources 13: 567-577en
dc.identifier.issn0894-1920en
dc.identifier.issn1521-0723en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66112en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2000 Taylor & Francisen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCommon property resourcesen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectLand tenureen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectGuineaen
dc.subjectLand use agreementsen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleCreating common spaces: Natural resource management in Fuuta Jalon, Guineaen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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