Wildlife resource utilisation at Moremi Game Reserve and Khwai community area in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-156

  Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based natural resource management; Resource conflicts; Sustainable development; Wildlife resources

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BOTSWANA; COMMUNITY AREA; COMMUNITY BASED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; OKAVANGO DELTA; RESOURCE CONFLICT; RESOURCES UTILIZATIONS; SECONDARY DATA SOURCES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE RESOURCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESOURCE USE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NATIONAL PARK; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 20344396501     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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