Leonard I. Chirenje

TL;DR: In this paper, community participation was shown to be effective when the local population is involved not as co-operating users but as natural resource managers or owner managers, and communities were seen to be more involved in the implementation of natural resource management programs but lacked ownership of the projects.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of tourism leakages on the local economies is examined in Nyanga District in Zimbabwe using questionnaires and in-depth analysis of the data collected by the survey.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the contribution of beekeeping in rural livelihoods sustainability and recommended that the sustainability of bee-keeping enterprise should be reinforced by backward and forward linkages.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed the net benefit of water resource in crop production around the Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site in Tanzania and found that the average productivity of water for paddy and non-paddy crop production is estimated at 0.85 kgm-3 and 0.69 kgm -3 of consumed water respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the contribution of ecotourism to local communities and the environment by examining the socioeconomic situation of people living in proximity to ecotours and their participation in activities.