Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance”
The highlands of Eastern Africa are characterized by high population densities and tightly coupled interactions between adjacent landscape units and users. Effective formal or informal natural resource governance is necessary to mitigate the potential negative social and environmental effects of ind...
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| author | German, L. Mazengia, W Taye, H. Tsegaye, M. Ayele, Seife Charamila, S. Wickama, J. |
| author_browse | Ayele, Seife Charamila, S. German, L. Mazengia, W Taye, H. Tsegaye, M. Wickama, J. |
| author_facet | German, L. Mazengia, W Taye, H. Tsegaye, M. Ayele, Seife Charamila, S. Wickama, J. |
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| description | The highlands of Eastern Africa are characterized by high population densities and tightly coupled interactions between adjacent landscape units and users. Effective formal or informal natural resource governance is necessary to mitigate the potential negative social and environmental effects of individuals’ behavior. Yet many natural resource management and development problems that require or benefit from collective solutions remain unresolved (German et al. Environ Dev Sustain 8: 535–552, 2006a; German et al. 2006b; German et al. Q J Int Agr 47(3): 191–216, 2008). We argue that many of the more intractable problems in improving governance stem from the trade-offs that underlie them, which may include a loss of livelihood options for at least some households, leading to governance break down. Following a brief introduction to natural resource management and governance in Eastern Africa, we analyze the results of participatory by-law deliberations by distilling the restrictions proposed governance reforms pose to certain local stakeholders. We recommend that future policy for improved landscape governance couple institutional reforms with livelihood alternatives that reduce the burden of good governance on households. |
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| spelling | CGSpace203132025-01-24T14:12:33Z Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” German, L. Mazengia, W Taye, H. Tsegaye, M. Ayele, Seife Charamila, S. Wickama, J. governance natural resources management community involvement community based organizations The highlands of Eastern Africa are characterized by high population densities and tightly coupled interactions between adjacent landscape units and users. Effective formal or informal natural resource governance is necessary to mitigate the potential negative social and environmental effects of individuals’ behavior. Yet many natural resource management and development problems that require or benefit from collective solutions remain unresolved (German et al. Environ Dev Sustain 8: 535–552, 2006a; German et al. 2006b; German et al. Q J Int Agr 47(3): 191–216, 2008). We argue that many of the more intractable problems in improving governance stem from the trade-offs that underlie them, which may include a loss of livelihood options for at least some households, leading to governance break down. Following a brief introduction to natural resource management and governance in Eastern Africa, we analyze the results of participatory by-law deliberations by distilling the restrictions proposed governance reforms pose to certain local stakeholders. We recommend that future policy for improved landscape governance couple institutional reforms with livelihood alternatives that reduce the burden of good governance on households. 2009 2012-06-04T09:13:15Z 2012-06-04T09:13:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20313 en German, L., Mazengia, W, Taye, H., Tsegaye, M., Ayele, S., Charamila, S., Wickama, J. 2009. Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” . Human Ecology ISSN: 0300-7839. |
| spellingShingle | governance natural resources management community involvement community based organizations German, L. Mazengia, W Taye, H. Tsegaye, M. Ayele, Seife Charamila, S. Wickama, J. Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” |
| title | Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” |
| title_full | Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” |
| title_fullStr | Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” |
| title_short | Minimizing the Livelihood Trade-Offs of Natural Resource Management in the Eastern African Highlands: Policy Implications of a Project in “Creative Governance” |
| title_sort | minimizing the livelihood trade offs of natural resource management in the eastern african highlands policy implications of a project in creative governance |
| topic | governance natural resources management community involvement community based organizations |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20313 |
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