List of Tables, Figures and Appendices Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management; B.Vira & R.Jeffery PART I: ANALYTICAL ISSUES To 'Participate' with Whom, for What, for What (and Against Whom): Forest Fringe Management Along the Western Ghats in southern Kerala; U.Geiser Constructing the Future: Dynamics of Local and External Views Regarding Community-Based Resource Management; D.van Est & G.Persoon PART II: CONSTRUCTING PARTICIPATION Defining Institutions for Collaborative Mangrove Management: A Case Study from Tanga, Tanzania; M.Nurse & J.Kabamba Organisations for Participatory CPR Management; M.Sekhar Co-Management of Forests in the Tribal Regions of Andhra Pradesh, India: A Study in the Making and Unmaking of Social Capital; G.Yadama & M.de Weese Boyd PART III: ATTITUDES AND RESPONSES OF INTERVENTION AGENTS Learning from Participatory Environmental Impact Assessment of Community Centred Development: The Oxfam Experience; K.Neefjes Project Success: Different Perspectives, Different Measurements; I.Harkes Joint Forest Management: A Silent Revolution Among Forest Department Staff?; R.Jeffery, N.Sundar & P.Khanna PART IV: DYNAMICS OF PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES Conflicts Affecting Participatory Forest Management: Their Nature and Implications: C.Conroy, A.Mishra, A.Rai, N.M.Singh & M.Chan Progress Towards Recognising the Rights and Management Potentials of Local Communities in Indonesian State-Defined Forest Areas; C.Fay & H.de Foresta Analysing Failed Participation with the Perspective of New Institutional Economics; V.Santhakumar References Index