Voices from the Past and Echoes of the Future
Management of Forest and Woodland Resources by Local Religious Institutions within the Mufurudzi Resettlement Scheme in Zimbabwe
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6078874 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Geoffrey Mukwada (0000-0003-3159-9717, University of the Western Cape, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2008 |
| Volumen | 12 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 39-53 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Ecological Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1528-6509 • E-ISSN: 2162-4593 |
| Editorial | University of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5038/2162-4593.12.1.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2014353504 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 5 |
The existing body of literature on community-based natural resource management suggests that local institutions are a mainstay, particularly for the management of plants and animals upon which communities depend for livelihood. However, evidence from the Mufurudzi resettlement scheme in Zimbabwe refutes this assertion. This paper examines the effectiveness of local religious institutions in the management of forest and woodland resources at the micro-level. In this setting, communities were “grafted;” that is, their members were arbitrarily selected for resettlement without consideration for the diversity of their cultural backgrounds or whether they were neighbors to one another prior to resettlement. Based on the analysis of the roles of these institutions, this study demonstrates that the effectiveness of the institutions is constrained by their waning legitimacy within the local community, by their geographic disjunction from the resource base, and by the impact of multiple stressors resulting from an unstable macro-economic climate. I conclude that these factors undermine the stewardship role of religious institutions and create opportunities for resource commercialization, thus in the process precipitating resource overexploitation and decline
Agriculture · Business · Community Management · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental resource management · Forest management · Geography · Legitimacy · Livelihood · Local community · Natural resource · Natural resource management · Political science · Woodland · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Ecology
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 0,07 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |