Browsing by Author "Mbaiwa, Joseph E."
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Community based natural resource management, tourism and poverty alleviation in southern Africa: what works and what doesn’t work
Ngwira, Percy M.; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (David Publishers, http://www.davidpublishing.com, 2013)Community based natural resource management (CBNRM) is perhaps the most important tool for driving community and rural development in southern Africa. The paper therefore analyses the CBNRM framework as a strategy for ... -
Cultural landscapes and tourism development in Botswana: the case of Moremi Gorge in Eastern Botswana
Siphambe, Gladys; Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Pansiri, Jaloni (Botswana Journal of Business, http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bjb, 2017-06-05)Cultural landscapes of tourism are fundamentally contradictory sites considering the interests of all stakeholders involved in their management. Key contradictions relate to cultural authenticity, credibility, and the ... -
Demographic and socio economic factors influencing water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Gondo, Reniko; Oluwatoyin, Kolawole Dare; Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Motsholopheko, Moseki R. (Elsevier; www.sciencedirect.com, 2020-10-15)Demographic and socio-economic factors influence water resources governance at the household level particularly in rural areas of developing countries where culturally assigned gender roles in water governance hold sway. ... -
Dissonance in customary and statutory water management institutions: issues of cultural diversity in the management of water resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Gondo, Reniko; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin, D.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (Springer; https://link.springer.com, 2018-01-30)Customary institutions have existed in parallel with statutory institutions for many years in Africa. These traditional water management systems were employed to manage the use of water resources and resolve conflicts ... -
Ecotourism in Botswana: 30 years later
Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (Tailor and Francis Online; https://www.tandfonline.com, 2015-08-10)Thirty years ago, conservationists, host communities, academics, and tourism practitioners perceived ecotourism as a panacea to conservation and poverty problems in tourism destination areas, especially in developing ... -
Institutions and water governance in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Gondo, Reniko; Kolawole, OLuwatoyin Dare; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2018-11-10)The goals of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) can be achieved by embracing the principles of distributive governance, which places both customary and statutory water institutions on the same pedestal in the ... -
Okavango Delta – A Kalahari oasis under environmental threats
Darkoh, Michael B.K.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (Omics International, https://www.omicsonline.org, 2014-10-15)Wetlands all over the world are continuously faced with enormous environmental threats. The Okavango, a Kalahari hotspot, is not an exception. This research article provides a description of the environmental threats facing ... -
The socio-cultural impacts of tourism on people’s quality of life in Maun, Botswana
Kolawole, Oladeji I.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Mmopelwa, Gagoitseope; Kgathi, Donald L. (Botswana Notes and Records; journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr/, 2017-07-05)Tourism in destination areas has socio-cultural impacts on host communities. The impacts can either improve the quality of life or degrade it. The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between ... -
Stakeholders’ perceptions on water resources management in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Gondo, Reniko; Kolawole, OLuwatoyin Dare; Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Motsholapheko, Moseki R. (Taylor & Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com, 2019-10-03)Cultural perceptions are an integral part of rural water resources governance, which ostensibly conflict with urban water resources management. Issues of access to water and culturally embedded gender roles are rife in ... -
Tourism and biodiversity conservation: the case of community-based natural resource management in southern Africa
Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Kolawole, Oluwatoyin D. (CAB International Publishing, www.cabi.org, 2013-01-10)This review analyses the potential of tourism to contribute to biodiversity conservation with particular reference to developing countries. In the last quarter of a century, there has been a global concern about the extent ... -
Tourism in Botswana in the last 50 Years: a review
Stone, Lesego S.; Stone, Tibabo M.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (Botswana Notes and Records; http://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bnr/, 2017-07-05)Using the concepts of ecotourism and sustainable tourism, this paper reviews tourism development in Botswana since the country’s independence in 1966. Findings from this review indicate that the tourism industry has ... -
Tourism in Botswana in the last 50 Years: a review
Stone, Lesego S.; Stone, Tibabo M.; Mbaiwa, Joseph E. (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2017-07-05)Using the concepts of ecotourism and sustainable tourism, this paper reviews tourism development in Botswana since the country’s independence in 1966. Findings from this review indicate that the tourism industry has ...