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dc.contributor.authorSwatuk, L.A.
dc.contributor.authorMotsholapheko, M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-09T14:00:19Z
dc.date.available2010-06-09T14:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationSwatuk, L.A. & Motsholapheko, M. (2008) Communicating integrated water resources management: From globaldiscourse to local practice – Chronicling an experience from the Boteti River sub-Basin, Botswana, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 33, pp. 881–888en_US
dc.identifier.issn1474-7065
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/504
dc.description.abstractThe Boteti River is an ephemeral outflow of the Okavango River. It lies in the north-western part of Botswana where about 25,000 people reside across a number of widely scattered villages and informal settlements. The river, with its seasonal streams and pans, is vital to the livelihoods of these people, their livestock, and the wildlife that share this physical space. A combination of factors has led to widespread degradation of the physical resource base – both in the river bed itself and in the wider environment. As part of its outreach role, the Harry Oppeheimer Okavango Research Centre has undertaken a multi-year project along the Boteti River to assist people there with the rehabilitation of their resource base. The globally influential concept of integrated water resources management (IWRM) provides the analytical framework, in particular its emphasis on dialogue and stakeholder participation. The project has three primary aspects: facilitation of a dialogue platform; action-research; outreach and information dissemination. After two years of implementation, the project has collected a good deal of data and established a River Basin Forum with a common vision. However, the project continues to face difficulties in implementation: participation is limited; myths regarding resource degradation are difficult to dispel; meaningful communication among differently empowered actors is hard to achieve; and there are numerous human, financial and technological limitations. The primary researchers continue to alter their methods in the hope of achieving a functioning River Basin Committee (RBC), but observe that the globalized ideals of IWRM are, in this particular case at least, of limited use when attempting to alter localized management practices in basins with deeply embedded social and cultural practices.en_US
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dc.publisherElsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/pceen_US
dc.subjectProject managementen_US
dc.subjectIWRMen_US
dc.subjectRiver Basinen_US
dc.subjectBotswanaen_US
dc.subjectNgamilanden_US
dc.subjectBoteti Riveren_US
dc.titleCommunicating integrated water resources management: From global discourse to local practice – Chronicling an experience from the Boteti River sub-Basin, Botswanaen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US


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