Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- The Background to Community- based Conservation -- Part I Case Studies -- Ecosystem Conservation and Rural Development: The Case of Amboseli -- The Resurgence of Community Forest Management in Eastern India -- Transforming Customary Law and Coastal Management Practices in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia, 1870Ò 1992 -- Managing Wildlife with Local Communities in the Peruvian Amazon: The Case of the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo -- Kakadu National Park: An Australian Experience in Comanagement -- Part II Case Study Profiles -- The Zimbabwe Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) -- Local Initiatives and the Rewards for Biodiversity Conservation: Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea -- BOSCOSA: Forest Conservation and Management through Local Institutions (Costa Rica) -- Profile of National Policy: Natural Forest Management in Niger -- A Profile and Interim Assessment of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Nepal -- The Farm Scheme of North York Moors National Park, United Kingdom -- Community-based Approaches to Wildlife Conservation in Neotropical Forests -- Part III Themes -- Cultural Traditions and Community- based Conservation -- The Link Between Local Participation and Improved Conservation: A Review of Issues and Experiences -- Tenurial Rights and Community- based Conservation -- Community Environmental Action: The National Policy Context -- The Role of Institutions in Community-based Conservation -- Economic Dimensions of Community-based Conservation -- Ecological Limits and Opportunities for Community-based Conservation -- Are Successful Community-based Conservation Projects Designed or Discovered? -- Part IV The Workshop -- Linking Conservation and Community Aspirations -- Lessons Learned -- Recommendations.

A Few Big Challenges -- Vision of the Future: The New Focus of Conservation -- Participants -- Index.