Resources ffrom CCEESP mmembers
Sharing PPower— LLearning bby ddoing iin cco-mmanage-
ment oof nnatural rresources tthroughout tthe wworld
By GGrazia BBorrini-FFeyerabend, MMichel PPimbert,
M. TTaghi FFarvar, AAshish KKothari aand YYves RRenard,
IIED aand IIUCN/CEESP/CMWG, CCenesta, TTeheran, 22004.
453 ppp.
AAt the heart of ‘co-management’
of natural resources is a process of collective understanding and action by local commu-
nities and other social actors. The process brings about negotiated agreements on man-
agement roles, rights, and responsibilities, making explicit the conditions and institutions
of sound decentralised governance. De facto, co-management is about sharing power.
When successful, it spells out the peaceful and intelligent ways by which communities
“Sharing Power” should be required
reading for all of us involved in the
governance and management of
natural resources.... The lamp-posts
are intelligence, care and equity—the
exact opposite of situations in which
the stronger forces impose their will
on the weaker ones, without regard to
understandings, results or even
meaning, let alone sustainability....
This book invites us to, and equips
us for, a dialogue among different
cultures, being those of neighbours or
of distant actors, in a respectful and
equitable search for new forms of
natural resource management.... You
will find yourself consulting this
book over and over again when you
need inspiration and practical help...
from the foreword by Juan Mayr
Maldonado