Based Natural Resource Management in /Xai/Xai, Ngamiland, Botswana
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Kyoto University Research Information Repository THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF COMMUNITY- Title BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN /XAI/XAI, NGAMILAND, BOTSWANA HITCHCOCK, Robert K.; SAPIGNOLI, Maria; MAIN, Mike; Author(s) BABCHUK, Wayne A. Citation African Study Monographs (2015), 36(4): 211-260 Issue Date 2015-12 URL http://dx.doi.org/10.14989/202828 Right Type Departmental Bulletin Paper Textversion publisher Kyoto University African Study Monographs, 36 (4): 211–260, December 2015 211 THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN /XAI/XAI, NGAMI- LAND, BOTSWANA Robert K. HITCHCOCK Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico Maria SAPIGNOLI Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Mike MAIN Main and Associates, Gaborone, Botswana Wayne A. BABCHUK Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ABSTRACT This study examined assumptions surrounding the issue of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) projects in southern Africa. Data were drawn from the village of /Xai/Xai in Ngamiland (North West District), Botswana, a multi-ethnic commu- nity consisting mainly of Ju/’hoansi San and Herero located on the Botswana-Namibia border in the northern Kalahari Desert. The /Xai /Xai people formed the /Xai/Xai (Cgae Cgae) Tlhabololo Trust in 1997, the first of its kind in Botswana. An examination of the /Xai/Xai Trust’s activities and implementation over time reveals some of the complexities of CBNRM projects, including those relating to management, transparency, benefit distribution, equity, and the impacts of decision-making on local people.
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