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Title
Local management of common property. Theory and practice of the common pastures in Morocco |
Full text
http://apad.revues.org/document1972.html |
Date
2007 |
Author(s)
Venema, Bernhard |
Abstract
Abstract Since the eighties the World Bank, in collaboration with the Moroccan authorities, is trying to change existing sheephusbandry practices in the Middle Atlas in order to arrest soil erosion. In accordance with development philosophy local organisations are given a great role in the management of the project. The research showed that the local herders' associations had become completely incorporated into the local power network. The influential herd owners had appropriated the advantages connected with the local associations whereas several responsibilities, as for example the need to decrease stock numbers, were passed on to the less influential, notably the immigrant herdsmen. The reliance on local organisations in fact ran counter to a sustainable environment. Local management of common natural resources can only be successful if the Moroccan authorities are willing to address local power distribution. Examples are given that the authorities were able to do so which, in turn, helped to decrease environmental degradation. Introduction In a FAO-study is stated that about US$ 1000 million of donor funds were ineffectively spent during the 1970s' and 1980s on group ranches and grazing schemes in Africa because the schemes paid insufficient attention to local cultures and needs. Since the 1980s the development set, captained by the World Bank, paid more attention to the role local institutions and organisations can play in projects and programs. After a critical |
Language
fr |
Publisher
APAD. Association Euro-Africaine pour l'Anthropologie du Changement Social et du Développement |
Type of publication
Text |
Format
text/html |
Source
http://apad.revues.org/document1972.html |
Rights
IPR |
Repository
France - Revues.org
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