This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on
forests in developing countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between …

The production, use and trade of charcoal for domestic cooking and heating are
characterized by contradictions, stereotyping, and misconceptions. Partial information, over …

Since 2015 jihadist groups have taken control of the Mopti region in central Mali. We ask
how such a radical development has been possible in a country previously praised as a …

Decentralization is a word that has been used by different people to mean a good many
different things. But what do we see in practice? Experiments with local government that end …

In the past decade international and national environmental policy and action have been
dominated by issues generally defined as global environmental problems. In this article, we …

INTRODUCTION DEMOCRACY AND NATURAL RESOURCES determination (Mair 1936,
13). The language of earlier decentralizations included laudable goals that we would be …

A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which
questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why …

Modeling has emerged as a key technology in analysis of social–ecological systems.
However, the tendency for modeling to focus on the mechanistic materiality of biophysical …

According to the influentialenvironmental security'literature, supply-induced scarcity in the
form of environmental degradation is a key driver of civil violence around the world. African …

Seeds are basic agricultural input, and good quality seeds of preferred varieties are critical
to farmers' capacity to improve agricultural productivity. Local landraces alone are not the …