Challenges and prospects for trans-boundary fisheries in Lakes Chiuta and Kariba
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2006
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Community-based conservation (CBC) is a prominent feature of conservation and development policy and practice in southern
Africa. It is a generic concept defining different configurations of controlling access to and use of land and natural resources in
southern Africa – and has led to the development of policies and legislation in support of community-based natural resources
management (CBNRM) and co-management arrangements. Both concepts largely revolve around the premise of devolution of
control and management authority over natural resources to facilitate conservation and use of, and local access to, resources.
A focus on regional economic integration has offered an opportunity for extending the experiences of CBNRM and comanagement
to resources occurring along international boundaries. Different trans-boundary natural resources management
(TBNRM) programmes have been initiated in southern Africa. The experience of two inshore fisheries on Lakes Chiuta and
Kariba highlights the challenges of TBNRM, especially at local resource users’ level. A proposal for meaningful engagement
of local resource-dependent people is suggested in the form of a trans-boundary commons regulated through co-management
institutions. Broad implications of this suggestion, including terrestrial TBNRM progammes, are briefly discussed.
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Community-based conservation (CBC), Fisheries, Lake Kariba, Lake Chiuta, Trans-boundary natural resources management (TBNRM)
Citation
Whande, W. et al. (2006). Challenges and prospects for trans-boundary fisheries in Lakes Chiuta and Kariba. Policy Brief 21, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape