Presented by Samuel Adeyanju at GLF Climate Hybrid Conference on 6 November 2021

1. Learning from Community-Based Natural Resource
Management (CBNRM) in Ghana and Zambia: Lessons for
integrated landscape approaches
Samuel Adeyanju, Alida O’Connor, Thomas Addoah, Eric Bayala, Houria Djoudi, Kaala
Moombe, James Reed, Mirjam Ros-Tonen, Freddie Siangulube, Annie Sikanwe and Terry
Sunderland
PRESENTATION AT GLF CLIMATE HYBRID CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 6TH
2021.

2. Introduction
Fortress Conservation Model
©CIFOR Photo/Douglas Bwire
Community-Based Natural Resource Management
(CBNRM)
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3. CBNRM in Ghana and Zambia
• CREMAs are the main form of
CBNRM in Ghana
• Over 32 CREMAs established
• Mixed success recorded
• The earliest CBNRM initiatives
were ADMADE and LIRDP
• Both initiatives now defunct
• Today, CBNRM serves as a
NRM strategy
GHANA ZAMBIA
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4. Challenges facing CBNRM in Ghana and Zambia
• Short term support for long term challenges
• Fragmented institutional framework with weak
horizontal and vertical linkages
• Lack of clearly defined exit strategies
• Limited sustainability of CBNRM initiatives
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5. Strengths of CBNRM in Ghana and Zambia
• established and functional institutional structure
• clearly recognised decision-making authority
• conservation approach tailored to the local
context
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6. Integrated landscape approaches show potential to address
CBNRM challenges
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7. The
International
Forestry Review
Adeyanju, S.; O'Connor, A.; Addoah, T.; Bayala,
E.; Djoudi, H.; Moombe, K.; Reed, J.; Ros-Tonen,
M.; Siangulube, F.; Sikanwe, A.; Sunderland, T.
Learning from Community-
Based Natural Resource
Management (CBNRM) in
Ghana and Zambia: lessons for
integrated landscape
approaches
Volume 23, Number 3, September 2021, pp. 273-297(25)

8. Thank you
This project is working with CIFOR, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) and other partners to
conduct innovative research related to landscapes, including forestry and other productive
processes; as well as the essential work of engaging multiple stakeholders
cifor.org/colands