2003•African Studies ReviewRequires access
The Dynamics of Resource Tenure in West Africa
Donald L. Sparks, Amila Toulmin, Philippe Lavigne Delville, Samba Traore
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Abstract
Introduction I UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF LAND TENURE Land tenure, resource access & decentralisation in Ghana - Customary land tenure regimes in north-western Cameroon - Shifting tradition: forest resource tenure in Ghana - Forest tenure & access to forest resources in Cameroon - Land rights, land use dynamics & policy in periurban Tamale, Ghana - Behind the norms: women's access to land in Ghana - Land availability & the land tenure regime in rural Benin - Access to agricultural & pastoral resources in Nigeria II RECOGNISING LOCAL RIGHTS - NEW APPROACHES Co-management: a participatory approach to sustainable forest management - Piloting the rural land use plan in Benin - The role of the land commissions in natural resource management in Niger III LINKING LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS Tenure problems in pastoral land use management - The role & limitations of the land commissions in Niger - Decentralised management of renewable natural resources in Mali - Land tenure & pastoral resources in northern Yatenga, Burkina Faso - Land taxes & charges in Senegal - Compulsory acquisition of land in Ghana: the 1992 constitution: opening new vistas? - Bibliography - Index