Institutional Collaboration And Shared Learning For Forest Management In Chivi District, Zimbabwe

This paper examines processes of collaboration among institutions for communal woodland management at the local level in Zimbabwe and explores how these processes influence sustainable resource utilization. I discuss how institutions adapt to changing social and environmental conditions. Based on case study evidence, I argue that community-based natural resource management works best in a context of institutional collaboration and shared learning. I identify three requirements for collaboration: the need for effective facilitation of experimental learning, equal power in the learning process and the willingness to engage in a multistage process that can be costly..Funding for the study was provided by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Department for International Development Micro- Catchment Management Project. DFID Project No: R730