Problems and prospects for conservation and indigenous community development in rural Botswana

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Figure 1 Map of Botswana showing the study area

Figure 2 Community-owned monitoring

Table 1 Conservation and development issues identified by the Ncoakhoe (Nc), Kuru Development Trust (KDT), and the Government of Botswana (GOB) in northern Botswana

	Stakeholders
Issues	Nc & KDT	Nc & GOB	KDT & GOB
Non-controversial issues
Savings	NC	NC	NC
Capacity building, training	NC	NC	NC
Research	NC	NC	NC
Community health	NC	NC	NC
Controversial issues
Re-evaluate cattle industry and fences	CI	CI	CI
Improve education	NC	CS	CS
Conservation of Okavango Delta	CS	CS	CS
Increase employment	CS	CS	CS
Economic diversification	CS	CS	CS
Natural resource management	NC	CI	CI
Security of land tenure	NC	CI	CI
Strengthen cultural identity	NC	CI	CI
Traditional leadership	NC	CI	CI
Language	NC	CI	CI
Local government responsiveness	NC	CI	CI
NC = there is no conflict between stakeholders concerning the importance of the issue or how to address the issue.

Le Roux , B . Progress Report , Unpublished report prepared for Kuru Development Trust

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