Natural Resource Use and Land use Conflicts - The case of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

The book analyses the use of natural resources and associated land use conflicts in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Fishing, wildlife conservation, tourism, crop farming, livestock farming, and veld product collection are some of the uses of natural resources in the Okavango Delta. Between resource users, there is resource conflict over these resources. This is caused by the lack of an integrated natural resource use policy. The Okavango Delta Management Plan recently adopted may solve the problem.

About the author

Prof M.B.K. Darkoh is an economic geographer with current research interest in environment and development, dersertification, and land degradation.Prof. Joseph Mbaiwa holds a Ph.D. in Tourism Sciences from Texas A&M University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Tourism Studies at the University of Botswana. His research interests are on tourism development, rural livelihoods and conservation.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bernard Kwes Darkoh, Michael Bernard Kwesi Darkoh, Jose Elizeri Mbaiwa, Joseph Elizeri Mbaiwa
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783838370187
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-7018-7
• No. of pages: 124
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology