Conditions for sustainability of the Elephant Marsh fishery in Malawi

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4010-4027

  Kosamu, Ishmael B M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conditions; Elephant Marsh; Governance; Local institutions; Malawi; Small scale fisheries; Sustainability; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARSH; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY;

MALAWI;

EID: 84904296088     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6074010     Document Type: Article

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