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W National Park lies in the border triangle of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger in West Africa. Established under French colonial rule in 1927, it was designated as the first African transborder biosphere reserve in 2002. Although the Benin part of the reserve was given a participatory management approach in 2002, illegal hunting, logging, transborder mobile herding and cash cropping continue to pose important threats to the reserve. The whole area, especially the buffer zone, is a source of conflicts between the different adjacent communities and between communities and park administration. The book analyses how the surveillance teams operate in this context. It describes encounters between park surveillance staff and local stakeholders in three different arenas: the park's core area, adjacent villages and public political forums. It shows how, in a setting dominated largely by cash crop production, the abstract idea "national park" is being translated by park staff and how in the process local meanings of the idea emerge. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic research between 2008 and 2010, this book contributes to the current state of research on participatory natural resources management. Moreover, it provides insights into the working of state administration in a context of contradictory policies of conservation and rural development.

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The severity of interconnected socio-economic and environmental impacts on landscapes and people across Africa are exacerbated as a result of land degradation, conflict, poor governance, competition for land and inequality, and exacerbated by climate change. In pursuing pathways towards a more resilient future, collaborative and multi-stakeholder governance and management of landscapes have been promoted by government agencies, NGOs and conservation organisations as a possible solution. However, there is no single way to achieve effective collaboration, and different landscape projects have experimented with different entry points and engagement processes. Grounded in partnerships amongst researchers, practitioners and development partners with expertise in landscape governance and management in Africa, this book describes and collates key lessons from practice for supporting more resilient and equitable landscapes.

landscape --- governance --- assessment --- inclusive --- sustainable --- multi-stakeholder --- climate and development --- forest conservation --- REDD --- sustainable land management --- project monitoring and evaluation --- mangroves --- academic intermediaries --- Kenya --- landscape governance --- sustainable energy --- urban informal settlements --- perceptions --- Agoro-Agu --- Mount Elgon --- inclusive decision-making --- dialogue --- SenseMaker® --- communities --- Uganda --- boundary-crossing --- integrated landscape management --- multi-stakeholder collaboration --- relational agency --- relationality --- social-ecological systems --- actors --- collaboration --- land degradation --- learning --- social capital --- Social Network Analysis --- transformative spaces --- landscapes --- biosphere reserves --- stakeholder participation --- conservation --- sustainable development --- management --- communication --- capacity building --- local collaboration --- governance regime --- local attitudes --- local perceptions --- protected area --- indigenous knowledge (IK) --- local/traditional ecological knowledge (LEK/TEK) --- interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary research --- indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) --- Gonarezhou --- sustainability --- community engagement --- Zimbabwe --- n/a