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Decentralization and Local Institutional Arrangements for Wetland Management in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.

Maconachie, R., Dixon, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-0806 and Wood, A. (2009) Decentralization and Local Institutional Arrangements for Wetland Management in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. Applied Geography, 29 (2). pp. 269-279. ISSN 0143-6228

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Abstract

In Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, recent social, political and environmental transformations have precipitated the intensification of wetland use, as local people have sought to safeguard and strengthen their livelihoods. Concurrent decentralization policies in both countries have also seen the government strengthen its position at the local level. Drawing upon recent field-based evidence from Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, this paper examines the compatibility between community-based local institutions for wetland use, and the process of decentralization. It argues that decentralization has in fact restricted the development of mature local institutional arrangements, due to its intrinsically political interventionist nature.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: decentralization, wetlands, wetland management, Ethiopia. Sierra Leone, SERG
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
Divisions: College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment
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Depositing User: Alan Dixon
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2009 12:25
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2021 09:23
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/606

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