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Book | Leiden University catalogue |
Title: | Rural livelihoods, risk and political economy of access to natural resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana |
Editors: | Kgathi, D.L. Ngwenya, Barbara Ntombi Darkoh, M.B. Kwesi |
Year: | 2011 |
Pages: | 375 |
Language: | English |
Series: | African political, economic and security issues series |
City of publisher: | New York |
Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers |
ISBN: | 1611223024; 9781611223026 |
Geographic term: | Botswana |
Subjects: | livelihoods natural resource management political economy wetlands deltas land tenure |
Abstract: | This collective volume is on rural livelihoods and the political economy of access to natural resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Against the backdrop of a fairly widespread undervaluation of wetlands and their natural resources and the associated risk of wetland degradation for the livelihoods of the communities that live there, the book's 18 chapters address this risk based on empirical work in and on Delta-based communities, and contributes to the design of policies for the sustainable development of the Okavango region. The role of knowledge (traditional and otherwise) and information received is explicitly addressed. Following the introductory Part 1, the book presents a general discussion of livelihood patterns in the Okavango region and how they rely on natural resources (Part 2); an analysis of access to these resources, the asymmetries therein and institutional aspects thereof (Part 3); and a review of agencies and policies in relation to the management of the region's natural resources (Part 4). Part 5 on policy impacts and implications for sustainable livelihoods concludes the volume. Contributors: H. Bendsen, M. Bolaane, L. Cassidy, M.B.K. Darkoh, T. Kemosidile, D.L. Kgathi, P.K. Kgomotso, W. Matheson, J.E. Mbaiwa, T. Meyer, G. Mmopelwa, N.M. Moleele, K. Mosepele, S. Mosojane, M.R. Motsholapheko, B.N. Ngwenya, S. Ringrose, E. Segosebe, T.M. Stone, O.T. Thakadu, C. Vanderpost, and J. Wilk. [ASC Leiden abstract] |