Moving to local control of woodland resources - Can CAMPFIRE go beyond themega-fauna?

Devolution of authority over natural resource management is now well advanc ed for the mega-fauna in Zimbabwe, through the CAMPFIRE program. We ask whe ther models like CAMPFIRE can be applied to a broader spectrum of woodland resources. Problems in applying CAMPFIRE to woodland resources relate to a legal and policy framework that is not enabling to local management; weaken ed local institutional structures; a high degree of differentiation with re spect to woodland resource use within communities; problems of defining res ource user groups; and, the potentially low market value of woodland produc ts. In identifying circumstances where CAMPFIRE may be applied successfully to woodland resources, economic, sociological, and ecological circumstance s must be considered.