Page 1 From Participation to Governance A critical review of the concepts of governance, co-management
and participation, and their implementation in small-scale inland fisheries in developing …

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

A study of the trade in medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
undertook to document the species traded, to determine the quantities harvested annually …

We provide a synthesis of the papers in the Special Issue, the Communities Ecosystems and
Livelihoods component of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), and other recent …

How can environmental degradation be stopped? How can it be reversed? And how can the
damage already done be repaired? The authors of this volume argue that a two-pronged …

Este libro refleja una larga experiencia de investigación, que abarca una amplia gama de
desafíos contemporáneos como son el manejo de las pesquerías oceánicas, la protección …

Abstract Rural communities in South Africa harvest a diversity of wild resources from
communal woodlands for home consumption and sale. The contribution these resources …

Successful land claims on protected areas by previously disenfranchised communities often
result in co-management agreements between claimant communities and state conservation …

We discuss the search for optimal stocking regimes in semi-arid grazing lands. We argue
that 'one size does not fit all'and that different stocking regimes are appropriate under …

An investigation into the spread of two alien wattle species (Acacia mearnsii and Acacia
dealbata) in rural parts of the Drakensberg region of South Africa and the importance of the …