Contending with unequal and privileged access to natural resources and land in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-172

  Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^a   Ngwenya, Barbara N ^a   Kgathi, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Access to natural resources; Botswana; Indigenous peoples; Policies; Subsistence livelihoods; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MINORITY GROUP; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; STATE ROLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 45749107889     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00332.x     Document Type: Review

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