1. Governance, equity and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa : an introduction to the discourse / Merle Sowman and Rachel Wynberg -- 2. Theoretical deliberations on understanding natural resource governance / Kabiri Ngeta -- 3. Localizing global environmental governance norms : implications for justice / Melissa Hansen, Vasna Ramasar and Kent Buchanan -- 4. Governing ancestral land in Madagascar : have policy reforms contributed to social justice? / Barry Ferguson. [and others] -- 5. Exclusionary spaces : power, poverty and community-based natural resource management in West Africa / Marlene Buchy and Roy Maconachie -- 6. Wildlife paying its way? A critical analysis of community-based natural resource management in the Chobe Enclave, Botswana / Clare Gupta -- 7. Community-based conservation and protected areas : commons perspectives for promoting biodiversity and social justice in southern Africa / Arthur Hoole -- 8. Community-based natural resource management : micro-governance and face-to-face participatory democracy / Brian Child. [and others] -- 9. Fisheries co-management in the Okavango Delta's panhandle : the Okavango Fisheries Management Committee case study / Belda Mosepele. [and others] -- 10. Shifting gear : a new governance framework for small-scale fisheries in South Africa / Merle Sowman, Serge Raemaekers and Jackie Sunde -- 11. Legal pluralism and the governance of freshwater resources in southern Africa : can customary governance be embedded within the statutory frameworks for integrated water resources management? / Sharon Pollard and Tessa Cousins -- 12. Customary governance of baobab in eastern Zimbabwe : impacts of state-led interventions / Witness Kozanayi, Rachel Wynberg and Frank Matose -- 13. Partnerships are not forever : the limits of collaborative governance in diamond mining in Namaqualand / Ralph Hamann -- 14. Governance, equity and sustainability in non-timber forest product value chains / Rachel Wynberg and Jaci Van Niekerk -- 15. Governing the ungovernable? Climate change and social justice in southern Africa / Penny Urquhart -- 16. Towards robust governance for justice and environmental sustainability : lessons from natural resource sectors in sub-Saharan Africa / Merle Sowman and Rachel Wynberg.