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Livelihoods, Poverty and the Namibian Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Programme: What Way Forward?

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Author(s)Vaughan, C.
DateMarch 2006
Reference typeJournal Article
Source namePolicy Matters
JournalVol 14
Pagespp. 305-316
PublisherIUCN, Gland

Summary
Recent studies of conservation and development programmes recommend tackling poverty through devolution of authority, improved local governance and activities that “fit” livelihood priorities of local communities. This article reviews the results of the Namibian Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Programme, credited with delivering rural development, poverty eradication and improved wildlife management, whose achievements are laudable but variable and complex.

Themes
CBNRM

Geographic coverage
Namibia

Available from
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Publications/newsletter/PM14-Section%20V-part1.pdf