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                                  COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (CBNRM) 
                                  AND TOURISM: THE NATA BIRD SANCTUARY PROJECT, CENTRAL 
                                  DISTRICT, BOTSWANA 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                  Moren Tibabo Stone 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                  A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, 
                                  Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of 
                                  Science. 
                                   
                                   
                                  Johannesburg, 2006 
                                                                                                                    
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                       ABSTRACT 
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        The research assesses the impacts of Community-Based Natural Resource Management 
        (CBNRM) and tourism upon community livelihoods, local behaviour and wildlife 
        conservation. The research aims to analyze whether CBNRM is working as it is intended 
        as well as to assess the socio-economic status of the community in terms of whether the 
        CBNRM project has influenced their livelihoods for the better, than when the project was 
        non-existent. The research findings indicate that CBNRM projects can deliver in terms of 
        improvement of rural local community’s livelihoods and natural resources management. 
        However, a lack of understanding of the CBNRM concept, lack of entrepreneurships and 
        managerial skills, poor participation by general membership, poor distribution of the 
        income benefits and lack of consultation to the project’s community membership by the 
        project management are some of the constraints and challenges that emerge from the case 
        study of the Nata Bird Sanctuary CBNRM project. 
          
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
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                      DECLARATION 
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        I declare that this dissertation is my own unaided work. It is submitted for the degree of 
        Masters of Science in the University of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg. It has not been 
        submitted before for any other degree or examination in any other university.   
         
         
         
         
         
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                    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
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        I would wish to thank the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst e. V (DAAD) 
        (Germany Academic Exchange Service) for the generous financial support that made this 
        dissertation possible. Many thanks are due, in particular, to my supervisor Professor C. 
        M. Rogerson who has shaped this research to what its being through his constructive 
        feedback and his good proof-reading skills. My thanks are extended to Wendy Job for the 
        job well done in helping to modify the maps which are used in this research report. I am 
        indebted to thank all my respondents who helped me to learn more about natural resource 
        management. To all my friends and everyone who has helped me in either way in this 
        research, your help is acknowledged and appreciated, thank you. 
         
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
         
                           
         
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
         
         
         
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