List of Tables List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; R.Jeffery & B.Vira PART I: WHERE LOCAL CONFLICTS OVER RESOURCE USE MAKE PARTICIPATION UNLIKELY Conflict Management and Mobility Among Pastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda; M.Niamir-Fuller The Social Context of Environmental Education: The Case of the Amboseli Ecosystem, Kajiado; K.Ngeta PART II: LOCAL-LEVEL PROJECTS ATTEWMPTING TO OVERCOME UNSUPPORTIVE NATIONAL CONTEXTS Addressing Livelihood Issues in Conservation Orientated Projects: A Case Study of Pulicat Lake, Tamil Nadu, India; D.Panini Land Husbandry for Sustainable Agricultural Development in a Subsistence Farming Area of Malawi: Farmer Adoption of Introduced Techniques; M.Kelly PART III: LEARNING FROM SUCCESS: WHERE NATIONAL POLICIES ARE SUUPORTIVE, BUT PARTICIPATIVE ACTION IS NOVEL Local Management of Sahelian Forests: P.Kerkhof Campfire: Tonga Cosmovision and Indigenous Knowledge; B.Sibanda Problems Of Intra and Inter-Group Equity in Community Forestry: Evidence from the Terai Region of Nepal; R.N.Chakraborty Benefits to Villagers in Maharashtra, India, from Conjunctive Use of Water Resources; F.Simpson & G.Sohani PART IV: LEARNING FROM SUCCESS: SUPPORTIVE NATIONAL POLICIES AND LOCAL INITIATIVES Creating New Knowledge for Soil and Water Conservation in Bolivia; A.Lawrence Devolution of Decisionmaking: Lessons from Community Forest Management at the Kilum-Ijim Forest Project, Cameroon; D.Thomas, A.Gardner & J.DeMarco Changing Natural Resource Research and Development Capability: Whither Social Capital?; S.Biggs, H.Matsaert & A.Martin References Index