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The Global Politics of Local Conservation

Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia

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Authors:
  1. Andrew Heffernan

    1. Political Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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  • Examines the politics of Community Based Natural Resource Management in Namibia
  • Assesses the multitude of global and local actors involved in resource management
  • Highlights the tensions that exist between local and global goals

Part of the book series: Environmental Politics and Theory (EPT)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 1-21

  3. Contemporary Evolutions in Global Environmental Governance

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 23-51

  4. Assembling Evolutions in Governance

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 53-74

  5. The Local Genesis of Global Environmental Governance in Namibia

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 75-128

  6. Climate Change: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities?

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 129-181

  7. Assembled Governance from the Local to the Global Community

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 183-206

  8. Development, Climate Change, and Global Assemblages

    • Andrew Heffernan
    Pages 207-225

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 227-250
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About this book

This book examines the politics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Namibia. CBNRM and similar forms of conservation across southern Africa have long been studied for their potential benefits as domestic policy tools to help improve sustainable development. However, they have often failed to achieve their stated goals. By assessing the initiation, design, implementation and outcomes of CBNRM, the book argues that communities are often unable to attain the degree of empowerment that these forms of resource governance promise. It also considers the impact of climate change on CBNRM programmes, and the responses of international actors involved in their governance. In doing so, the book demonstrates how the power imbalances that are built into the global political economy have ensured that those most marginalized in society are no better off as a result of this new form of resource governance. It will appeal to all those interested in CBNRM,conservation studies and environmental governance in Africa, as well political economy and international relations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Political Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Andrew Heffernan

About the author

Andrew Heffernan is Part-Time Professor in Political Science and International Development at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Global Politics of Local Conservation

  • Book Subtitle: Climate Change and Resource Governance in Namibia

  • Authors: Andrew Heffernan

  • Series Title: Environmental Politics and Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24177-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24176-5Published: 02 June 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-24179-6Due: 02 July 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-24177-2Published: 31 May 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2731-670X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-6718

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Policy, Environmental Geography, Archaeology

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