Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) In Southern Africa : A Regional Programme of Analysis and Communication.

Abstract

This report covers the proceedings of the Second Regional Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Program in Southern Africa meeting held at the University of Western Cape during the period 16-17 October 2000. The two day meeting was attended by a total of 34 participants drawn from 11 Southern and East African countries - South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Lesotho, Zambia, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana and Swaziland - and the Netherlands (Appendix 1). The purpose of the workshop was to: - Review progress made during the first year of the implementation of the CBNRM Programme and suggest the way forward for the project; - Discuss and debate the CBNRM theme for the year 2000/2001 by receiving regional presentations on the proposed theme: The Legal Aspects of Governance in CBNRM; and - Identify key action areas around the proposed theme.