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Abbott, James G., Campbell, Lisa M., Hay, Clinton J., Naesje, Tor F., and Purvis, John. 2007. Market-resource links and fish vendor livelihoods in the upper zambezi river floodplains. Human Ecology 35:559-574.

Author's Keywords: livelihoods, markets, sub-saharan africa, artisanal fisheries, floodplains

ACSC Keywords: management, conservation, africa, community, strategies, Ghana, dynamics, small-scale fisheries, diversification, Lake Chad

Adams, William M., Potkanski, T., and Sutton, J. E. G. 1994. Indigenous farmer-managed irrigation in Sonjo, Tanzania. Geographical Journal 160:17-32.

Author's Keywords: Tanzania, irrigation, sub-saharan africa, agricultural development, indigenous technical knowledge

Campbell, John R. 2004. Ethnic minorities and development: A prospective look at the situation of African pastoralists and hunter-gatherers. Ethnicities 4:5-26.

Author's Keywords: human rights, Indigenous peoples, sub-saharan africa

Glew, L and Hudson, MD. 2007. Gorillas in the midst: the impact of armed conflict on the conservation of protected areas in sub-Saharan Africa. ORYX 41:140-150.

Author's Keywords: deforestation, protected areas, sub-saharan africa, armed conflict, warfare, ecological impact, resource exploitation

ACSC Keywords: wildlife, war, Congo, Environmental impacts, MOUNTAIN GORILLAS, RWANDAN REFUGEES, ZAIRE

Mkandawire, Thandike. 2007. 'Good governance': The itinerary of an idea. Development in Practice 17:679-681.

Author's Keywords: aid, sub-saharan africa, Governance and Public Policy

ACSC Keywords: africa, economic development, ECONOMIC policy, GOVERNMENT policy, LANGUAGE & languages, Institutional ethnography, JARGON (Terminology), TERMS & phrases

Norgrove, Linda and Hulme, David. 2006. Confronting conservation at Mount Elgon, Uganda. Development and Change 37:1093-1116.

ACSC Keywords: politics, India, national-park, sub-saharan africa, INTERVENTIONS, Development and Change

Osaghae, Eghosa E. 2007. Fragile states. Development in Practice 17:691-699.

Author's Keywords: civil society, aid, sub-saharan africa, Governance and Public Policy

ACSC Keywords: poverty, africa, corruption, economic development, political planning, GOVERNMENT policy, LANGUAGE & languages, JARGON (Terminology)

Quinn, Claire H., Huby, Meg, Kiwasila, Hilda, and Lovett, Jon C. 2007. Design principles and common pool resource management: An institutional approach to evaluating community management in semi-arid Tanzania. Journal of Environmental Management 84:100-113.

Author's Keywords: common pool resources, natural resource management, institutions, common property regimes

ACSC Keywords: conservation, governance, forestry, participatory rural appraisal, property, sub-saharan africa, challenges

Twyman, Chasca. 1998. Rethinking community resource management: managing resources or managing people in western Botswana?. Third World Quarterly 19:745-770.

ACSC Keywords: conservation, natural resource management, centralization, africa, community, environment, local people, Botswana, sub-saharan africa

Wells, Michael and McShane, Thomas O. 2004. Integrating protected area management with local needs and aspirations. Ambio 33:513-519.

ACSC Keywords: scale, ICDPs, ecology, biodiversity, conservation, local, protected areas, adaptive management, development-projects, ICDP, stakeholders, Integrated Conservation and Development Projects, sub-saharan africa

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