PROJECT
Defragmenting african Resource Management (DARMA)
Type:
Research
Thematic:
Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods
Location:
Malawi
Funded by:
Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) University of Western Cape
PI:
Dr Peter Mvula
Start Date:
Oct-2009
End Date:
Oct-2010
Duration:
1 years
Description:
The Centre for social research (CSR) in collaboration with a number of universities and government Departments in the SADC region are conducting an action research whose aim is to see how best resources that are held in common could be better managed and used. the overall broader objectives to which the action will contribute are the protection of biodiversity on exploited commons and poverty alleviation. The research involves lesson learning from users and managers of common pool resources (fish, water, forest, land and birds). Here in Malawi the research was conducted in the Lake Chilwa Basin and the South East Arm of Lake Malawi.