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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Cover; Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; 1 People-centred wetland management; Introduction; Wetlands and ESS; Wetlands, livelihoods and sustainability in Africa; The wetlands discourse; Putting livelihoods into wetland conservation; Learning from 'development': linking wetlands to livelihoods; Recent contributions to wetland thinking; A way ahead; 2 The value of wetlands for livelihood support in Tanzania and Zambia; Summary |
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IntroductionNational context; Description of the case studies; Contributions to livelihoods/well-being; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; 3 Catchments and wetlands: a functional landscape approach to sustainable use of seasonal wetlands in central Malawi; Summary; Wetland management and the functional landscape approach; Striking a Balance (SAB) project and the landscape in central Malawi; Simlemba Traditional Authority; Seasonal wetlands and their provisioning services; Local knowledge of wetland dynamics; Towards a functional landscape approach for sustaining wetland use |
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Managing wetlands for ecosystem service benefits: institutional developments and economic incentivesDiscussion of experience with the functional landscape approach; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; 4 Local institutions, social capital and sustainable wetland management: experiences from western Ethiopia; Summary; Local institutions for natural resource management; Wetlands in western Ethiopia; Researching human and social capital; Social capital as local wetland management institutions; Creating local institutional arrangements for managing wetlands |
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Conclusions: wetlands and local institutions in AfricaAcknowledgements; 5 The emergence of a systemic view for the sustainable governance and use of wetlands in complex and transforming environments: experiences from Craigieburn, South Africa; Summary; Introduction; Conceptual grounding; Initial steps towards an integrated approach to wetland assessment/management; Deepening of a systems view; Re-conceptualising wetland degradation as a systemic issue; Conclusions: re-examining the meaning of sustainable use through a systemic lens |
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6 Assessing the ecological sustainability of wetland cultivation: experiences from Zambia and MalawiSummary; Introduction; The framework used to carry out the assessment; An overview of the two dambo sites and their cultivation; Results of the WET-SustainabileUse assessment; A summary of the overall ecological condition of the two dambos and the implications of this for ecosystem service delivery; Conclusions; 7 Sustainable management of wetlands for livelihoods: Uganda's experiences and lessons; Summary; The importance of wetlands in Uganda; Threats to wetlands |
| Summary |
In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered. Current policies and wetland management are too frequently underpinned by a perspective that views agriculture simply as a threat and disregards its important contribution to livelihoods. In rural areas where people are entrenched in poverty, wetlands (in particular wetland agriculture) have a critical role to play in supporting and developing peoples' livelihoods. Furthermore, as populations rise and climate change takes grip they will be increasingly important. The authors argue that an |
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The evolution of wetlands policy in Uganda |
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Print version record |
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Wetland management -- Africa
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Wetlands -- Economic aspects -- Africa
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Wetland agriculture -- Africa
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Sustainable development -- Africa
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Ecosystem services -- Africa
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Ecosystem services
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Sustainable development
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Wetland agriculture
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Wetland management
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Wetlands -- Economic aspects
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dixon, Alan
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McCartney, Matthew
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| ISBN |
9781136470639 |
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1136470638 |
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