It is increasingly recognized that land can be managed most sustainably through involving local communities. This book highlights the potential of a new methodology of uncovering and stimulating community initiatives in sustainable land management in Africa.

1. Stimulating Community Initiatives in Sustainable Land Management (SCI-SLM): An Introduction William Critchley, Maxwell Mudhara and Mohamed Sessay 2. Local Innovation: Theory, Experience and the Basis for SCI-SLM William Critchley and Sabina Di Prima 3. SCI-SLM Methodology: Origins of the Design Sabina Di Prima and William Critchley 4. SCI-SLM: Innovation Begins at Programme Level Maxwell Mudhara and Mohamed Sessay 5. Community Innovations in Sustainable Land Management: Lessons from Northern Ghana Saa Dittoh , Conrad A. Weobong, Margaret A. Akuriba and Cuthbert Kaba Nabilse 6. Community Initiatives for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the High Atlas, Morocco M. Mahdi, Z. Tijani, M. Tami, and W. Tuyp 7. Stimulating Community Initiatives in Sustainable Land Management in South Africa Avrashka Sahadeva, Maxwell Mudhara Michael Malinga, and Zanele Shezi 8. Community Initiatives for Improving Degraded Ecosystems in Uganda Stephen Muwaya, Richard Molo, John Ssendawula, Swidiq Mugerwa, Alex Lwakuba and Sabina Di Prima 9. Cross-learning with Community Initiatives Wendelien Tuijp, Saa Dittoh, Mohamed Mahdi and Maxwell Mudhara 10. Contributing to Global Environmental Benefits Saa Dittoh, Maxwell Mudhara and Conrad Weobong with Stephen Muwaya and Mohammed Mahdi 11. SCI-SLM Methodology: Refinement of the Original Design Sabina Di Prima, William Critchley, and Eva van de Ven 12. Lessons Learned and Conclusions William Critchley, Sabina Di Prima, Maxwell Mudhara and Saa Dittoh