The report focuses on the status and implementation of CBNRM policies and legislation in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The report aims to provide more than a general policy review, several of which have been carried out before. Rather, it also focuses on the processes and constraints of policy in these countries and the strategies used by them to overcome these constraints. The report also analyses the overall macro context for CBNRM and develops a set of regional assumptions for CBNRM success.