Document: Building Partnerships to mobilise resources for Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM)

Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) is an approach to conservation and development that recognises the rights of local people to manage and benefit from the management and use of natural resources. It entails transferring back to communities access and use rights, empowering them through legislation and devolve management responsibilities, building their capacity and creating partnerships with the public and private sector actors to develop programmes for the sustainable use of variety of natural resources.