'Commonalities' which do not exclude? The originality of the governance of natural resources in the Cameroonian part of Lake Chad ; Des « communs » non excluant ? L'originalité de la gouvernance des ressources naturelles dans la partie camerounaise du lac Tchad

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published in Raimond C., Zakinet D., Abdouramane M., Sylvestre F. (dir), Cross-searches on Chadian lacustres ecosystems. Before the Boko Haram insurgency, the economic dynamism of multi-use of space was based, in Cameroon's part of Lake Chad, on an effective and fair form of joint governance of natural resources, characterised by the great fluidity of coordination between users and the absence of groups of rights holders able to exclude other users from access to resources. However, the sustainability of this form of governance was challenged by local power games open with democratisation, which undermined the ability to act collectively. In lake territories which have largely been emptied of their populations since the insurgency, the 'return to development' directly affects the political dimension of the governance of natural resources. ; Before the Boko Haram uprising, the economic vitalityof the multi-use of space in the Cameroonian part of Lake Chad was based on an efficient and equitable mode of governance of the common property resources. This mode of governance was characterized by the fluidity of coordinations between users and by the absence of rights holders in capacity to exclude other groups from resources access. Nevertheless the sustainability of this mode of governance was called into questions by the local power games supplied by the democratization which undermined the collective action capacities. While the lacustrian territories have been emptied of populations, the "development recovery" gives rise to the political dimension of the natural resources governance. ; published in Raimond C., Zakinet D., Abdouramane M., Sylvestre F. (dir), Cross-searches on Chadian lacustres ecosystems. Before the Boko Haram insurgency, the economic dynamism of multi-use of space was based, in Cameroon's part of Lake Chad, on an effective and fair form of joint governance of natural resources, characterised by the great fluidity of coordination between users and the absence of groups of rights holders able to ...