1. Introduction
2. Creating space for civil society in an impoverished environment in Pakistan
3. The bioplan : decreasing poverty in Manizales, Colombia, through shared environmental management
4. Environment-poverty linkages : managing natural resources in China
5. The evolving roles of environmental management institutions in East Africa : from conservation to poverty reduction
6. Stories on the environment and conflict from northern Nigeria
7. The sea is our garden : coastal resource management and local governance in the Caribbean
8. 'Working for water' in a democratic South Africa
9. People, perspectives and reality : Usangu myths and other stories, Tanzania
10. Community-designed, built and managed toilet blocks in Indian cities
11. Concertacion (reaching agreement) and planning for sustainable development in Ilo, Peru
12. Conclusions.