Local ecological knowledge and the basarwa in the okavango delta: The case of xaxaba, ngamiland district

Rights, Resources and Rural Development: Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 160-173

  Madzwamuse, Masego ^a   Fabricius, Christo ^b  

^a IUCN–World Conservation Union ^*  (Botswana)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84925820140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772433     Document Type: Chapter

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