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| Ashley, C.. |
| Namibia is the most arid country south of the Sahara, with an economy fundamentally reliant on natural resources. The most scarce resource is water, and the main economic sectors are mining, fishing, agriculture, and wildlife-based tourism. The majority of the population live in rural areas, dependent on a wide range of natural resources. Sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity are therefore essential for the future. The question is how to achieve it? One key strategy is to assess -- and where necessary redesign -- economic incentives affecting use of natural resources. This paper illustrates the role of economic incentives in influencing the use of land-based renewable natural resources (RNR). It identify incentives which are being, or need to... |
| Tipo: Other |
Palavras-chave: Land use; Biodiversity; Conservation. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/537 |
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| LaFranchi, C.; Ashley, C.. |
| This paper examines how rural Caprivians secure their livelihoods, in order to understand how wildlife and other community based natural resource management (CBNRM) initiatives can "fit in" to current activities and the rural economy. The livelihoods and priorities of different types of households are assessed, and the many positive and negative impacts of CBNRM initiatives identified. The aim is to understand wildlife and CBNRM from householders' perspectives, and recommend how conservancies, and other natural resource management initiatives can be implemented in ways that maximise the positive impacts to rural livelihoods and minimise the negative impacts. The paper first considers the wide range of resource uses and livelihood strategies employed by... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Livelihoods; Conservation; Natural resources; Natural resource management; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_49869. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/296 |
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