Evaluating the household level outcomes of community based natural resource management: The Tchuma Tchato Project and Kwandu Conservancy

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Suich, Helen ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Community based natural resource management; Impact evaluation; Mozambique; Namibia; Poverty

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INCENTIVE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84891887246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05875-180425     Document Type: Article

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