Participatory Conservation? Community-based Natural Resource Management in Botswana.

From: The Geographical Journal | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: TWYMAN, CHASCA | Copyright information

This paper examines the complexities of participatory conservation through a case study of the process of participation in a government funded community-based natural resource management programme in Western Botswana. The paper argues that different stakeholders have very different views on the levels of participation taking place in particular projects. Furthermore local people find it difficult to voice their concerns about the environment and issues of sustainability given the p...

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