Common property resource (CPR) management approaches are now thought to provide a viable alternative to natural resource management. This article contains result of the investigations on common property issues for woodlands in communal areas in Zimbabwe. It reveals numerous cases showing a breakdown of local institutions for CPR management, and the lack of any emerging alternative institutions for such management. A number of economic, social and ecological factors contribute to these problems. It argues that current institutional systems are rooted in norm-based controls contrary to the formal rule-based systems that form the cornerstones of the proposed CPR systems. It suggests that interventions that propose CPR systems need critical analysis.
Publication year
2002
Authors
Campbell, B.M.; de Jong, W.; Luckert, M.; Mandondo, A.; Matose, F.; Nemarundwe, N.
Language
English
Keywords
common property resources, woodlands, resource management, institutions, intervention
Geographic
Zimbabwe
