Local ecological knowledge and community based management of wildlife resources: a study of the Mumbwa and Lupande game management areas (GMAs) of Zambia.

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dc.contributor.authorMilupi, inonge
dc.contributor.authorsomers, michael
dc.contributor.authorWillem, Ferguson
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-12T07:41:09Z
dc.date.available2019-08-12T07:41:09Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the scope of local ecological knowledge (LEK) in the Lupande and Mumbwa Game Management Areas (GMAs) of Zambia and to assess the extent to which such knowledge has been used in the management of wildlife resources in the two areas. Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered through interviews and surveys in the two case-study areas. It was found that LEK in the study areas included taboos associated with the sustainable use of natural resources, traditional teachings that guided the local people as to the correct time to harvest their natural resources and provided knowledge of the natural distribution of plants in the two areas. Finally, it is recommended that, in order to complement modern scientific knowledge in the realisation of sustainable wildlife resource management, greater attention be paid to the LEK possessed by communities.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSTRECC Programme of Maastricht University in the Netherlands Association of African Universities in Ghana National Research Fund (NRF), University of Pretoria, South Africaen
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2411-5959
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2411-5959
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/6042
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSouthern African Journal of Environmental Educationen
dc.subjectLocal ecological knowledge.en
dc.subjectSustainable utilisation.en
dc.subjectWildlife resources.en
dc.subjecten
dc.titleLocal ecological knowledge and community based management of wildlife resources: a study of the Mumbwa and Lupande game management areas (GMAs) of Zambia.en
dc.typeArticleen
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