Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface by David Kaimowitz 1. Reconciling conservation goals and livelihood needs: New forest management perspectives in the 21st century 2. The Congo Basin forests at the crossroads: Managing or mining the forests? 3. Rural dynamics and biodiversity conservation in Southern Africa 4. Forest access and rural livelihoods in Southwest Ethiopia: An analysis of the record of forest management partnership 5. Biodiversity conservation through burning: A case study of woodlands in Budongo Forest Reserve, NW Uganda 6. Local people and benefits in Integrated Biodiversity Conservation: A case study from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar 7. Global forest management decisions and local use of forest resources in Kenya: Exploring the link 8. What local benefits does the implementation of rural wood markets in Mali generate? 9. Dealing with power imbalances in forest management: Reconciling multiple legal systems in South Cameroon 10. Neo-African governance: Old and new institutions for resource conflict resolution 11. Beyond rhetoric: Policy and institutional arrangements for partnership in community-based forest biodiversity management and conservation in Kenya 12. The role of science in reconciling multiple forest uses: A multi-disciplinary experience in Cameroon 13. Strategic partnerships for combating forest conversion and the role of financial institutions – learning from action research 14. Can globalised science work for the poor? Forest perspectives from West Africa 15. Sustainable forests and livelihoods: Romantic illusion or environmental and social necessity?