This paper explores changes in rural livelihoods in some communal areas of Zimbabwe from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and attempts to identify the determinants of change. There were notable increases in: use of informal credit as a main income source; growing certain cash crops; gardening as a...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Mukamuri, B.B.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Exploring changing rural livelihoods, and woodland use and management in the communal areas of Zimbabwe]
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Exploring changing rural livelihoods, and woodland use and management in the communal areas of Zimbabwe
In many situations commercialization of forest products is based on common pool resources; often this leads to resource depletion. This paper investigates the potential of using fiscal instruments for institutional change to improve resource management where natural products are being marketed fr...
Standa-Gunda, W.
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Bond, I.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Petheram, L.
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[Exploring woodcarving markets to determine the potential of fiscal instruments for improving woodland management: the case of woodcarving in Southern Zimbabwe]
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Exploring woodcarving markets to determine the potential of fiscal instruments for improving woodland management: the case of woodcarving in Southern Zimbabwe
To understand the role of forest products in households people need to understand the nature of rural livelihoods and the characteristics of forest products. Rural households typically have a wide livelihood portfolio, encompassing a range of activities. They also generally face low availability ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Luckert, M.K.
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[Towards understanding the role of forests in rural livelihoods]
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Towards understanding the role of forests in rural livelihoods
Miombo woodlands cover vast areas of southern Africa. Of comparatively little interest for export-oriented commercial logging, they are part of a complex system of rural land use that integrates woodland management with crops and livestock. There is also evidence that woodland resources are exten...
Dewees, P. A.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Katerere, Y.
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Sitoe, A.
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Cunningham, A.B.
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Angelsen, A.
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Wunder, Sven
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[Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor]
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Managing the Miombo woodlands of Southern Africa: policies, incentives and options for the rural poor
Miombo woodlands are the most extensive vegetation type in Africa south of the equator. These dry tropical woodlands cover some 2.5 million hectares and are home to over 40 million people. Miombo products are very important to the livelihoods and basic needs of an additional 15 million urban Afri...
This articles included in this special section focus on the ecological and economic interactions of woodland use in Western Zimbabwe. One of the aims was to investigate the use of modeling to achieve integration among disciplines. The integrated model draws on the models in the different papers c...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Costanza, R.
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Belt, M. van den
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[Special section: land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: introduction, overview and synthesis]
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Special section: land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: introduction, overview and synthesis
This paper use a conceptual box-and-arrow model for understanding woodland use in Zimbabwe in the context of the complex ecological-social-economic system of which it is part. Central themes within the model are: the policy framework; local institutions; land pressures; rural-urban relationships;...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Frost, P.
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Goebel, A.
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Standa-Gunda, W.
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Mukamuri, B.
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Veenan, M.
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[A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe]
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A conceptual model of woodland use and change in Zimbabwe
This article focuses on the ecological and economic interactions of woodland use in Western Zimbabwe. One of the aims was to investigate the use of modelling to achieve integration among disciplines. The integrated model draws on the models in the different papers in this issue of the journal. Th...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Costanza, R.
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Belt, M. van den
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[Land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: Introduction, overview and synthesis]
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Land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: Introduction, overview and synthesis
Common property resource (CPR) management approaches are now thought to provide a viable alternative to natural resource management. This article contains result of the investigations on common property issues for woodlands in communal areas in Zimbabwe. It reveals numerous cases showing a breakd...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Jong, W. de
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Luckert, M.
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Mandondo, A.
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Matose, F.
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Nemarundwe, N.
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[Can common property resource system work in Zimbabwe?]
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Can common property resource system work in Zimbabwe?
Mukamuri, B.B.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Local organisations and natural resource management in the face of economic hardship: a case study from Zimbabwe]
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Local organisations and natural resource management in the face of economic hardship: a case study from Zimbabwe