Prospects for subsistence livelihood and environmental sustainability along the Kalahari Transect: The case of Matsheng in Botswana's Kalahari rangelands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-445

  Chanda, R ^a   Totolo, O ^a   Moleele, N ^a   Setshogo, M ^a   Mosweu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Community based natural resource management; Matsheng; Rangelands; Subsistence livelihoods; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

RANGELAND; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BOTSWANA; KALAHARI DESERT;

EID: 0037800387     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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