Introduction

Abstract

This book focuses on an important but, to date, under-investigated issue: environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in sub-Saharan Africa. It reports results from a study of Cameroonian NGOs based on lengthy face-to-face interviews with their leaders, documents collected from them, and a survey of relevant literature from Cameroon and elsewhere in Africa. The study looks at the NGOs as organizations and addresses classic research questions about organizations. What goals do the NGOs choose; what strategies, activities, and organizational structures do they select to pursue their goals; what factors affect their choices; how successful are they in reaching their goals; and what factors affect their success?