Year: 2009
Type: report
Abstract: The commons (or common-pool \nresources)1 are the most important \nresources in southern Africa. The livelihoods \nof the majority and economies \nof most countries depend on them. \nAlthough common property regimes \nare often condemned as environmentally \nunsustainable, economically \nunviable or socially anachronistic, this \nmode of natural resource tenure and \ngovernance remains vitally necessary \nin the livelihoods of the rural poor \nacross much of the region (Hara et al., \n2009). Away from a limited number of \nproject-based efforts for communitybased \nmanagement (often focused on \nspecific natural resource sectors), such \nas Zimbabwe’s high-profile CAMPFIRE, \nmillions of poor, rural people across the \nregion continue their own integrated \nefforts to manage and live from the \necosystems that surround them. This, \nabove all, is a challenge to governance. \nThe poor must tackle it – and governments \nand development agencies must \nsupport their endeavours (ibid.).
Author: Ruth Hall
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of the Western Cape
OpenAlex ID: W8498541