Contested Sustainability
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344 Pages

23.4 x 15.6 cm

44 colour, 20 b/w illus.

Series: Eastern Africa Series

Series Vol. Number: 54

Imprint: James Currey

Contested Sustainability

The Political Ecology of Conservation and Development in Tanzania

Edited by Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe and Dan Brockington

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Richly detailed and timely study on conservation, development and sustainability in Tanzania.

Provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management and governance of wildlife, forestry and coastal resources.

Responding to the urgent need to examine the outcome of interventions in governing natural resources, this book analyses different types of sustainability partnerships - with donors, governments, business, NGOs and other actors, and, crucially, assesses which result in better livelihood and environmental outcomes.

The contributors, from a range of disciplines, compare 'more complex' partnerships to relatively 'simpler', more traditional top-down and centralized management systems and to location where sustainability partnerships are not in place. Within-sector comparisons allow a fine-tuned analysis that is formed of historical, location and resource-specific issues, which can be used as input for resource-specific policy and partnership design. Experiences and lessons can be drawn from comparisons across the three different sectors, which can be applied to natural resource governance more broadly.

This book is openly available in digital formats under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND.
PART I: ISSUES, BACKGROUND, AND METHODS
1 New partnerships for sustainability
Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe, and Dan Brockington
2 Conservation and development in Tanzania: Background, history, and recent developments
Christine Noe, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Opportuna Kweka, Ruth Warimu John, Pilly Silvano, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Robert Eliakim Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, Mette Fog Olwig, Dan Brockington, and Stefano Ponte
3 Design and Methodology
Stefano Ponte, Christine Noe, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Opportuna Kweka, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Mette Fog Olwig, Dan Brockington, Lasse Folke Henriksen, Ruth Warimu John, Pilly Silvano, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Robert Eliakim Katikiro, Rasul Ahmed Minja, and Caleb Gallemore
PART II: SECTORAL ANALYSIS
4 Sustainability partnerships in the wildlife sector in southeast Tanzania
Christine Noe, RuthWarimu John, and Dan Brockington
5 Sustainability partnerships in the forestry sector in southeast Tanzania
Asubisye Mwamfupe, Mette Fog Olwig, Pilly Silvano, Dan Brockington, and Lasse Folke Henriksen
6 Sustainability partnerships in the coastal resources sector in southeast Tanzania
Opportuna Kweka, RobertEliakim Katikiro, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, Rasul Ahmed Minja, and Stefano Ponte
PART III: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
7 The legitimacy of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania
Rasul Ahmed Minja, Stefano Ponte, Asubisye Mwamfupe, and Christine Noe
8 The governance complexity of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania: Institutional and network components
Lasse Folke Henriksen, Caleb Gallemore, Ruth Warimu John, Faraja Daniel Namkesa, and Pilly Silvano
9 The environmental impacts of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania
Caleb Gallemore, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Lasse Henriksen, and Dan Brockington
10 The livelihood impacts of sustainability partnerships in southeast Tanzania
Caleb Gallemore, Kelvin Joseph Kamde, Asubisye Mwamfupe, Lasse Folke Henriksen, and Dan Brockington
11 Contested sustainability
Dan Brockington, Christine Noe, and Stefano Ponte

Stefano Ponte is Professor of International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School. His books include Farmers and Markets in Tanzania: How Market Reforms Affect Rural Livelihoods in Africa (2002), and co-editing The Green Economy in the Global South (2017).

Christine Noe is an Associate Professor of Human Geography at the University of Dar es Salaam. She is a contributor to David Potts (ed), Tanzanian Development (James Currey, 2019). Her research is on conservation and development politics.

Dan Brockington is a Research Professor at ICTA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is author of Fortress Conservation (James Currey, 2002), and, with Stefano Ponte, co-edited The Green Economy in the Global South (2017). His research covers the social impacts of conservation and long term livelihood change in East Africa.

"Contested Sustainability responds to the urgent need in writings on conservation, sustainability, and development to attend more thoughtfully, systematically, and innovatively to how politics structures sustainability outcomes at multiple levels. This brilliant collection is required reading for students, scholars, and researchers globally." Professor Arun Agrawal, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
"An insightful and highly accessible book that meticulously uncovers the complexity of partnerships touted as crucial for achieving sustainability. It challenges us all to interrogate sustainability networks and their environmental and socio-economic outcomes." Maano Ramutsindela, University of Cape Town
"Impels all actors to read, reflect and interrogate the design of decentralization and devolution models and reassess their delivery strategy." Isilda Nhantumbo, Micaia Foundation
"A substantial contribution to evidence and analysis of complex natural resource governance in the Global South." Fiona Nunan, University of Birmingham
"A rich mixture of field research, presentations and discussions in meetings in Europe and Tanzania, this book is a treasure to be taken seriously." Chris Maina Peter, University of Dar es Salaam
"This is an absolute gem of a book! The impressive and highly readable culmination of a six-year, interdisciplinary research project, it provides a fascinating insight into the dynamics, legitimacy, and environmental and livelihood impacts of complex sustainability partnerships across three sectors in Southwest Tanzania. The collaborative research approach presents in-depth case studies and sophisticated comparative analysis of rich quantitative and qualitative data that give a nuanced perspective on the question whether more stakeholder involvement is always better. A must-read for scholars interested in conservation, development, and livelihood improvements in the Global South." Janina Grabs, Esade Business School
"An important contribution to the field ... as well as governance partnerships, the book provides valuable insights into the successes and failures of the management of wildlife, forests and coastal resources." J. Terrence McCabe, University of Colorado Boulder

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Title Details

344 Pages

2.34 x 1.56 cm

44 colour, 20 b/w illus.

Series: Eastern Africa Series

Series Vol. Number: 54

Imprint: James Currey