Common pool resource management in Lake Chilwa, Malawi: A wetland under pressure

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-553

  Mvula, Peter Mathias ^a   Haller, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Fishery; Floodplain; Governance of resources; Lake Chilwa; Malawi; Wetland; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POWER RELATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE CHILWA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES;

EID: 70349832495     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350903181332     Document Type: Article

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