Community-based natural resource management: a promising strategy for reducing subsistence poaching around protected areas, northern Botswana
| Autor: | Gaseitsiwe Masunga, Moseki R. Motsholapheko, Ikanyeng Gaodirelwe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sustainable development
Economics and Econometrics Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Wildlife Subsistence agriculture Poaching 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Focus group Natural resource Geography 021108 energy Natural resource management Socioeconomics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Wildlife conservation |
| Zdroj: | Environment, Development and Sustainability. 22:2269-2287 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2975 1387-585X |
| Popis: | The basic principles of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) are rural economic development, community empowerment and sustainable natural resource conservation. Many studies have been done on all the three principles, but a few have assessed and compared perceptions and dynamics of subsistence poaching between CBNRM and non-CBNRM communities. We conducted a cross-sectional study in two CBNRM and two non-CBNRM communities in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, to compare perceptions on trends and drivers of subsistence poaching between the two community types. We administered semi-structured questionnaires and interview schedules with heads of households and key informants, respectively, and facilitated focus group discussions. Our results showed a significant association between the respondents’ views on poaching trends and community type (CBNRM and non-CBNRM) (p |
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