Across the tropics, high rates of forest degradation and deforestation have resulted not only in the loss of large areas of natural forest cover but also in increasing fragmentation of the forests that remain. This chapter examines the underlying governance drivers of forest fragmentation through...

The conceptual framework of new institutional economics has been key to those who wish to take a less ideological and more analytical approach to the division of labour between private and government actors in the livestock sector. This chapter discusses important concepts from new institutional...

This chapter synthesizes information on the role of institutional arrangement and policy in the conservation, utilization and commercialization of indigenous fruits in the miombo woodlands of southern Africa. It is established that a holistic multi-sectoral approach involving communities,...