Grassroots Environmental Action

People's Participation in Sustainable Development

By: Dharam Ghai, Jessica M. Vivian

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Paperback | 9 March 1995 | Edition Number 1

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Managing resources sustainably on the local level is essential for achieving the global goal of sustainable development. The combined impact of the small-scale activities - either constructive or destructive - undertaken by vast numbers of individuals will determine the fate of many resources and ecosystems, particularly in the Third World. The importance of people's participation in sustainable development has recently become increasingly acknowledged yet there is litte understanding of the multiple dimensions that such participation involves. Historically, great attention has been paid to persuading local communities to participate in externally-initiated environmental projects. Grassroots Environmental Action questions the viability of traditional management systems. The contributors analyse the social dynamics of local level resource use both in situations where encouragement and support is supplied from external agents, such as the state or international organizations, and where local communities are forced to formulate their own plans and activities in spite of neglect, resistance or even active external opposition. The case studies of communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa focus on areas where local people are vigorous participators in the determination of their own future and that of their environment.

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"This collection of essays demonstrates powerfully that popular participation is an essential element of resource management in the Third World . . . It is an important collection not only for development specialists, but for anyone interested in the fate of environmental movements." -"Environmental Politics ." . . a stimulating book containing much information of great value." -"International Journal of Environmental Studies ..." refreshing ... [W]hat should especially interest ... readers ... is the volume's contention that grassroots organization for environmental action in the so-called Third World is not only a necessary condition for sustainable development but a long enduring institutional mechanism in indigenous societies." -Adil Najam, MIT

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