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Rural Development Planning in Africa

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Viable and sustainable natural resource management is key to availing biological and other physical resources for use in rural development in Africa. Natural resource management involves efforts by different institutions to formulate and implement laws, policies and legislation to ensure viable use of natural resources. Natural resources, mainly found in rural areas, are not only important as a source of food and other domestic products but also form the basis for social and cultural functions. This chapter presents the evidence on natural resource management in Africa.

This chapter was prepared while the author was in residence (July–September, 2016) as a Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600.

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    See reports of the West African Lands Commission (1908) at 183 Para. 1048 (emphasis is by the author).

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    Chris Allan Shisanya

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Shisanya, C.A. (2018). Natural Resource Management. In: Khayesi, M. (eds) Rural Development Planning in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95297-7_2

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