Making land management more sustainable: Experience implementing a new methodological framework in botswana

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 463-477

  Perkins, J ^a   Reed, M ^b   Akanyang, L ^c   Atlhopheng, J ^a   Chanda, R ^a   Magole, L ^a   Mphinyane, W ^a   Mulale, K ^a   Sebego, R ^a   Fleskens, L ^d   Irvine, B ^d   Kirkby, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botswana; Drylands; Knowledge management; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; DRY LAND; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; FORMAL EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

LAND USE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 84885478029     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1142     Document Type: Article

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