ISSUES IN NATURAL-RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES

Recognizing the steady depletion of natural resources in developing co untries, this study analyses its causes by focusing on the ownership o f such resources. Resource degradation was found associated with an ar ray of individual, socioeconomic, politicoeconomic and institutional f actors. In the pursuit of sustainable regional resources management an d conservation, it is necessary to analyse and incorporate these multi farious factors into the design of a comprehensive strategy. While loc al government should be responsible for devising management strategies , their implementation requires the interfacing of field agencies with local communities that are to be assisted in the short term and instr ucted in depth; their performance should be closely monitored over the long term.