DAVID HULME and MARSHALL MURPHREE (eds) African Wildlife and Livelihoods: the promise and performance of community conservation. Oxford: James Currey (hard shields 16.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 413 3); Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (hard overspreads US$65.00, ISBN 0 32507 060 1; paperback US$26.95, ISBN 0 32507 059 8) 2001 320 pp
This volume is a must-read for everyone interested in conservation and progress to maturity in Africa. Since the 1990 community and market-oriented conservation have become the recent policy threshold in conservation in Africa, replacing earlier state-led