Institutions and ecosystem-based development potentials of the Elephant Marsh, Malawi

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3326-3345

  Kosamu, Ishmael B M ^a,b   De Groot, Wouter T ^b,c   Kambewa, Patrick S ^d   De Snoo, Geert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Co management; Ecosystem based management; Elephant Marsh; Livelihoods; Local institutions; Malawi; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FISHERY; NATIONAL PARK; NATURAL RESOURCE; WETLAND;

MALAWI;

EID: 84890935956     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4123326     Document Type: Article

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