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. Specifically, communities are often unable to attain the degree of empowerment that these forms of resource governance promise, usually as a result of global power asymmetries that disrupt decision making on the ground.weiterlesen