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1、HumEcol(2011)39:391–394DOI10.1007/s10745-011-9385-zFredNelson(ed):CommunityRights,Conservation&ContestedLand:ThePoliticsofNaturalResourceGovernanceinAfricaLondon:Earthscan2010.ISBN9781844079162,Price$99.95(hardback).360pagesMoniqueBorgerhoffMulderPublishedonline:9February2011#TheAuthor(s)2011.
2、ThisarticleispublishedwithopenaccessatSpringerlink.comThemantraofcommunity-basedconservation,communitysecondelephantisforeignaid.Reticenttoengageinbasednaturalresourcemanagement,anditsmanysynonymsanythingpolitical,externaldonorstreatdecentralizationashasdominatedmuchofcontemporarypracticeincon
3、servationatechnicalchallenge,failingtoappreciatethatdevolutionandsustainabledevelopmentoverthelasttwoormoreofthecontrolovervaluablenaturalresourcesistypicallydecades,buttheapproachhasfailedtoliveuptoitspromise.notinpolicy-makers’interests.ThetechnicalargumentsWhy?Nelson’sbeautifullybalancedcol
4、lectionofregionalthatdevolutionwillincreaseefficiencyandthroughtaxsynthesesandlocalcasestudiesinsouthernandeasternAfricarevenuegeneratepublicgoodsringhollowintheearsofdrawstogetherthekeyargumentsastowhythismightbe.Thepoliticalelites,againfromvillagetocapitalcity,forwhomstoryisstrongandclear,th
5、eoverviewchaptersarepublicgoodssuchastaxrevenuearenotasalientengaginglywritten,andthecasestudiesarewellchosen.consideration.ThethirdelephantisglobalcommerceandThebookshouldberequiredreadingfordecision-makersforeigninvestment,aparticularlypoignantforcegiventheineverydonororganizationworkingonna
6、turalresourcenewworldwidestampedeforever-dwindlingnaturalmanagementinAfrica.resources.China,India,theGulf,EuropeandtheUSAareEssentially,asanticipatedbymany,thesuccessofnowinvestingheavilyinAfricanlandfortheproductionofdecentralizingnaturalresourcesdependsonthecontexttimber,foodandbiofuels,para
7、llelingprevious(andintowhichtheseresourcesaredevolved.Atleastthreeongoing)investmentsinminingandtourism.Theglobalproverbialelephantshauntthecommunally-managedfor-economyisstartingtoreachitsecologicallimitsand,asests,grasslandsandlakesof