The Importance of Local Traditional Institutions in the Management of Natural Resources in the Highlands of East Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18970623
AutoresJeremias Mowo (World Agroforestry Centre, autor de correspondencia), Zenebe Adimassu (0000-0002-7645-918X, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research), Delia Catacutan (0000-0001-9292-008X), Joseph Tanui (World Agroforestry Centre), Kenneth Masuki, Charles Lyamchai (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute)
Año2013
Volumen72
Número2
Páginas154-163
Fecha de publicación2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.17730/humo.72.2.e1x3101741127x35
OpenAlexW2154466101
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas2

Traditional local institutions were studied in the highlands of Ethiopia and Tanzania to understand their role in natural resource management. Focus group discussions as well as individual interviews were conducted to identify the existing local institutions and their roles. Historical trend analyses were done to determine how the importance of local institutions has changed over the years. Results show that several local institutions with diverse objectives and varying levels of importance exist in the study sites. The article suggests ways in which local institutions can contribute to effective natural resource management for sustainable social and economic development of highland communities in eastern Africa

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Local community · Natural resource · Natural resource management · Political science · Resource (disambiguation) · Resource management (computing) · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology