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Community perceptions on the benefits and challenges of community-based natural resources management in Zimbabwe

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  • Ngoni Courage Shereni
  • Jarkko Saarinen

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Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) emphasises the role and benefits of local communities in order to promote a sustainable utilisation of natural resources. This study aims to identify and analyse the locally perceived benefits and challenges of CBNRM practices in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. A specific focus is on Communal Area Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE), which has faced challenges due to changes in the political and economic environment in the country. The findings based on a household survey from three wards adjacent to Hwange National Park suggest that community members have negative perceptions on CAMPFIRE largely due to their non-involvement in the decision-making and management of the natural resources. The community members do expect to gain benefits from CAMPFIRE but they do not perceive and experience receiving any. Therefore, they consider facing mainly challenges from the Park, emanating from the current inefficiencies of CAMPFIRE.

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  • Ngoni Courage Shereni & Jarkko Saarinen, 2021. "Community perceptions on the benefits and challenges of community-based natural resources management in Zimbabwe," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(6), pages 879-895, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:38:y:2021:i:6:p:879-895
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2020.1796599
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    1. Alex O. Acheampong & Janet Dzator & Matthew Abunyewah & Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie & Eric Evans Osei Opoku, 2023. "Sub-Saharan Africa’s Tragedy: Resource Curse, Democracy and Income Inequality," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 168(1), pages 471-509, August.
    2. Fang, Ming & Chang, Chiu-Lan, 2023. "The role of COP26 commitment and technological innovation in depletion of natural resources: Evidence from BRICS countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

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