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Document Author(s): Elizabeth Rihoy , Chaka Chirozva , Simon Anstey

This document is an update and analysis of the Mahenye CAMPFIRE site in Zimbabwe. Mahenye is one of the early and most influential sites in the history of CBNRM in Southern Africa. The paper strongly emphasizes the political dimensions of CBNRM and calls CBNRM "a process of applied and incremental experiments in democracy, which is of particular value because of the interaction of tiers of governance over time in an adaptive process". Even if economic returns have been meager and the surrounding political context difficult, CBNRM has had a positive impact in terms of empowering local residents. Different levels of government need to be involved and the search for autonomy of local groups (bounded groups) needs to be balanced by alliances (alliance building majority based representation).

Reviewer: Jon Anderson

Reviewer Affiliation: IRG/Engility

Review Date: 2013-02-21

Publisher: University of the Western Cape

Document type(s):

• Project technical document (e.g. focusing on one or more aspects, such as technical approach, monitoring, application of a specific tool, etc)
• Evaluation
• Site-based case study

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Regions:

• Africa - Southern
• Africa

Country: Zimbabwe

Project name: CAMPFIRE

NWP Principles - Power

• Continuous and inclusive consultations - [Relevant]n
• Procedural rights for all people, especially vulnerable or marginalized groups - [Relevant]
• Natural resource authority and functions distribution - [Relevant]
• Local stakeholder input into public decisions and policy - [Relevant]

Constraints

• Economic/income generation - [Yes]
• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]

Solutions

• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]

Impacts

• Governance/empowerment - [Yes]

Additional Discussion Topics

• Lessons learned (Success Story)
• Governance - [External or structural policies that influenced success or failure]