Essays on the impact of colonialism on African land tenure systems resulting in the creation of a dual legal framework of "customary" and imposed western law.

Through a number of case studies from the West African Sahel, this book links and explores natural resources management from the perspectives of politics, property and production.

Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.

Land tenure and Resource Access in West Africa Programme