Indigenous knowledge systemshttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/4532024-03-29T06:35:46Z2024-03-29T06:35:46ZTraditional ecological knowledge and community-based natural resource management: lessons from a Botswana wildlife management areaPhuthego, T.C.Chanda, R.http://hdl.handle.net/10311/4182016-08-13T00:09:37Z2004-01-01T00:00:00ZTraditional ecological knowledge and community-based natural resource management: lessons from a Botswana wildlife management area
Phuthego, T.C.; Chanda, R.
The advent of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in Botswana in
the late 1980s ushered in a new paradigm in natural resource management. The strategy
marked a change from state-controlled to community-controlled wildlife management. The
expectation is that under community control, local expertise on biodiversity, termed in this
paper as traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), plays a significant role that is supposedly
facilitated through local institutions and traditional practices. This paper examines the incorporation
of TEK in the CBNRM projects in KD 1, which is a controlled-hunting area
(CHA) in the north-western part of the Kgalagadi North sub-district, Botswana and illustrates
that the projects acknowledge and demonstrate the utility value of TEK in sustainable
natural resource management. It concludes that TEK systems and institutions could serve as
entry points into sustainable natural resource utilisation and management. This could be
achieved through the exploration of cultural practices of the local people and integrating
useful aspects into the modern natural resource management expertise.
2004-01-01T00:00:00ZA hybrid approach to house construction – a case study in BotswanaNgowi, A.B.http://hdl.handle.net/10311/3702016-08-13T00:07:30Z1997-01-01T00:00:00ZA hybrid approach to house construction – a case study in Botswana
Ngowi, A.B.
This paper examines the strategy of employing a hybrid combination of indigenous
and modern housing construction technologies. Using a Botswana village as a case
study, this paper examines four traditional house types in relation to the household
income, skills, materials and aspects which could be improved by adapting
industrialized methods. Using experimental houses, the case study provides the
costs, benefits, potential problems and implementation considerations. The paper
discusses the weaknesses and virtues of traditional construction technologies, how
appropriate aspects from modern technologies can be incorporated or adapted into
traditional methods and the implications for developing appropriate, affordable
housing technologies
1997-01-01T00:00:00ZRelentless Colonialism: the case of the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP) and the Basarwa in BotswanaNthomang, K.http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1642016-08-13T00:06:39Z2004-08-01T00:00:00ZRelentless Colonialism: the case of the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP) and the Basarwa in Botswana
Nthomang, K.
Colonial processes continue to dominate many Indigenous peoples development programmes in countries around the world. This paper examines some of the underlying factors that contribute to continued failure in the implementation of the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP) in Botswana. It argues that it is not just failed implementation that is the problem, but a more fundamental problem found in its philosophy, which suggests relentless colonialism. This paper is based on the empirical findings of a recent study in one Basarwa settlement in Botswana and draws on the practical experience of the author. Case examples from this study are used to unravel and illustrate embedded colonial practices of the RADP. Recommendations from the findings argue for the development of a decolonising approach of development practice that may respond effectively to problems that result from this relentless colonialism.
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