From collaboration to conservation: Insights from the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-411

  Mbaiwa, Joseph E ^a   Stronza, Amanda ^b   Kreuter, U R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co management; Collaboration; Community based natural resource management; Tourism; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM; WILDFIRE;

BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 79951922985     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941921003716745     Document Type: Article

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