Success factors for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM): Lessons from Kenya and Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 649-659

  Measham, Thomas G ^a,b   Lumbasi, Jared A ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Community participation; Community based conservation; Livelihoods

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATIONS; LIVELIHOODS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH ORGANIZATION;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRAZING PRESSURE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; UNGULATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HIROLA; KENYA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; KENYA;

DAMALISCUS HUNTERI;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; KENYA; OWNERSHIP; VICTORIA;

EID: 84883447643     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0114-9     Document Type: Article

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