@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3665,
	  title     = {Reality and Preferences in Community Mopane (Colophospermum Mopane) Woodland Management in Zimbabwe and Namibia},
	  author    = {Constansia Musvoto and  Isaac Mapaure and  Tendayi Gondo and  Albertina Ndeinoma and Takaendesa Mujawo},
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	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {There is increasing pressure on, and decline of
mopane woodlands due to increasing use and competition for
mopane resources in Zimbabwe in Namibia. Community management strategies, based largely on local knowledge are
evidently unable to cope. Research has generated potentially useful
information for mopane woodland management, but this information
has not been utilized. The work reported in this paper sought to add value to research work conducted on mopane woodlands by
developing effective community-based mopane woodland
management regimes that were based on both local and scientific
knowledge in Zimbabwe and Namibia. The conditions under which research findings were likely to be adopted for mopane woodland management by communities were investigated. The study was conducted at two sites each in Matobo and Omusati Districts in Zimbabwe and Namibia respectively. The mopane woodland
resources in the two study areas were assessed using scientific
ecological methods. A range of participatory methods was used to collect information on use of mopane woodland resources by communities, institutional arrangements governing access to and use
of these resources and to evaluate scientific knowledge for
applicability in local management regimes. Coppicing, thinning and
pollarding were the research generated management methods evaluated. Realities such as availability of woodland resources and
social roles and responsibilities influenced preferences for woodland
management interventions},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering},
	  volume    = {1},
	  number    = {4},
	  year      = {2007},
	  pages     = {59 - 63},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3665},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/4},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 4, 2007},
	}