Local Institutions for Sustaining Wetland Resources and Community Livelihoods in the Lake Victoria Basin

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dc.creatorKibwage, Jacob
dc.creatorOnyango, Paul O.
dc.creatorBakamwesiga, Hilary
dc.date2016-07-08T11:51:50Z
dc.date2016-07-08T11:51:50Z
dc.date2008
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T08:23:32Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T08:23:32Z
dc.descriptionWhat should policy makers do in deciding between institutions promoting community livelihoods or sustaining wetland resources within an impoverished community? Prioritizing community livelihoods without understanding the impact of local institutions on wetland resources may only aggravate impoverishment. However, prioritizing sustainable wetland resource use may lead to short-term impoverishment with positive long-term effect on both community livelihood and sustainable wetland resources. This paper tries to address this difficulty by assessing local level institutions such as property rights and those that govern extraction of wetland resources in three wetland communities of Lake Victoria. The paper argues that reassessing institutions on 'tenure system' and 'access to' resources are desirable policy objectives that should guide such decisions.
dc.identifierKibwage, J.K., Onyango, P.O. and Bakamwesiga, H., 2008. Local institutions for sustaining wetland resources and community livelihoods in the Lake Victoria basin.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2853
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2853
dc.languageen
dc.subjectSondu-Miriu
dc.subjectKatonga
dc.subjectSimiyu/Duma
dc.subjectWetland sustainability
dc.subjectCommunity livelihoods
dc.subjectLocal institutions
dc.subjectLake Victoria Basin
dc.titleLocal Institutions for Sustaining Wetland Resources and Community Livelihoods in the Lake Victoria Basin
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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