Riparian ecosystem resilience and livelihood strategies under test: Lessons from Lake Chilwa in Malawi and other lakes in Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1639, 2014, Pages

  Kafumbata, Dalitso ^a   Jamu, Daniel ^b   Chiotha, Sosten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Lake Chad; Lake Chilwa; Lake Naivasha; Livelihood; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKE; LAKE CHAD; LAKE CHILWA; LAKE NAIVASHA; LIVELIHOOD; MALAWI; METHODOLOGY; RESILIENCE; REVIEW; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LAKE CHAD; LAKE CHILWA; LAKE NAIVASHA; LIVELIHOOD; RESILIENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; LAKES; MALAWI; WETLANDS;

EID: 84894107294     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0052     Document Type: Review

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