The membership problem in people-centred approaches to natural resource management in Southern Africa
Date
2006Author
Matose, Frank
Mandondo, Alois
Mosimane, Alfons
Aribeb, Karl
Chikozho, Claudious
Jones, Mike
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Who should qualify to be a member of a natural resource management (NRM) programme in Southern Africa with the attendant
benefits and responsibilities? In Zimbabwe, membership of such programmes could be described as membership by decree,
in Namibia, membership tends to be characterised by coalescence of interest, while in Botswana there is a combination of the
two approaches. Other types of membership in the region are membership by cultural affiliation, membership deriving from
association with an NGO, and membership by virtue of being a member of a civic agency (as has been done in South Africa).
This policy brief sets out some of the issues which should be considered when seeking answers to this vexed question.