Power Dynamics in African Forests

The Politics of Global Sustainability
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-42510-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations

This book addresses historical perspectives and contemporary challenges of the politics of forestland governance and the related sustainability crisis in Africa.

It focusses on the power dynamics between key actors involved in the governance of forest-related resources either for their exploitation or with regards to biodiversity conservation policies promoted at international arenas. The book provides conceptual and empirical contributions on what happens when global sustainability agendas and the related policy instruments meet the realities of domestic politics in Africa.

It reveals that several actors in forest-rich countries, especially those with limited sovereignty, have often employed complex informal strategies as the ‘weapon of the weak’ to resist the domination of the most powerful actors of global environmental politics.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ongolo, Symphorien

Krott, Max

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction to The Politics of Global Sustainability in Africa: Power Dynamics in the Forests  1. Global Political Economy of Conservation Policies and Ecosystem Services in the Tropics  2. Empowering Scientific Information about Biodiversity by Linking Science with Forest Users in African Contexts  3. The Rise and Fall of Protected Areas in Central Africa: A Historical Perspective  4. Global China Effects and Domestic Politics of Rosewood in Africa: A Realist Review  5. Governing Independent Forest Monitoring from Theory to Empirical Evidence in the Congo Basin  6. ‘Arab Spring’ Transformations and the Contestation of State Authority in Forestland Use: A Power-Based Case Study in Tunisia  7. Biodiversity Governance and Regional Insurgencies in the Democratic Republic of Congo  8. Crises, Complexities and Claims in Protected Areas: Landscapes of (In) Coherent Biodiversity Governance and Social-Environmental Injustice in Southwest Cameroon  9. Linking Institutional Weaknesses to Deforestation Drivers in the Governance of Protected Areas in Madagascar  10. Local Deals for Global Politics: Governing Palm Oil Expansion in Areas of Limited Statehood  11. Policy Change and Power Dynamics: How Actors Respond to Participatory Forest Management across Multiple Scales in Tanzania  Conclusion. Perspectives in Analysing Power Dynamics in Postcolonial Societies

Über Autor(innen)

Symphorien Ongolo is researcher in political science at the French national institute for sustainable development (IRD – France), University Paul-Valéry of Montpellier.

Max Krott is professor of international forest policy at the University of Göttingen, Germany and the founding editor of the international academic journal Forest Policy & Economics.