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Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region

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Title Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region
 
Creator Mala, W.A.
Oyono, P.R.
 
Subject forest management
natural resources
resource management
 
Description The Central Africa region (CAfR), generally known as the Congo Basin, is an “eco-region” representing the World’s largest rainforest after Amazonia. Its importance for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, human well-being, research and policy-making is already well known. This paper documents given aspects of social and cultural dimensions of natural resource management (NRM) in the CAfR. It argues that these could be of scientific and strategic interest for researchers, practitioners and program designers, if relevantly taken into consideration. Since the mid 90s, countries in the CAfR are implementing profound reforms of their forest management systems. As such, natural resource manipulation is a burning issue here. Ultimately, the paper recommends that scientific and conventional knowledge should unify with local knowledge, sometimes qualified as infra-knowledge, in order to generate sustainable practices of natural resources management.
 
Date 2004
2012-06-04T09:09:14Z
2012-06-04T09:09:14Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Mala, W.A., Oyono, P.R. 2004. Some dimensions of local practices of natural resource management in central Africa region . Research Review 20 (2) :24-31.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19219
https://www.cifor.org/knowledge/publication/1787
 
Language en
 
Source Research Review