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1 Mapedza, Everisto. 2007. Keeping CAMPFIRE going: Political uncertainty and natural resource management in Zimbabwe. London UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 23p. (Gatekeeper Series 133)
Natural Resources Management ; Social participation ; Institutions ; Social impact ; Forestry ; Wildlife ; Habitats ; Case studies ; Economic aspects ; Policy / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.72 G176 MAP Record No: H040622)
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2 Mapedza, Everisto. 2007. Forestry policy in colonial and postcolonial Zimbabwe: Continuity and change. Journal of Historical Geography, 33:833-851.
Forestry ; Governance ; Policy ; Legislation ; History ; Colonialism ; Peasantry / Zimbabwe / Mafungautsi Forest Reserve
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 634.9 G176 MAP Record No: H040623)
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Using the case of Mafungautsi Forest Reserve, this paper discusses continuities and changes in policy and practice at the communal and reserved forest interface in Zimbabwe. Colonial forestry policy in Zimbabwe has often been labelled as oppressive, as communal area citizens were not allowed to participate effectively in its formulation and implementation. Independence in 1980, it was thought, would usher in an era of greater participation within the forestry sector. However, the hope that local communities would have greater input in the forestry policies and management has largely remained unfulfilled. The state institutions responsible for managing forests have largely remained unsympathetic to the involvement of local communities in the management of forestry resources despite the pre-independence rhetoric. Alongside the co-management attempt to make local peasants citizens through their inclusion in decision-making has been the continuity of the colonial policy that treated local peasants who used resources as criminals destroying trees and forests. This paper examines how the fundamental policy perspective of forestry in Zimbabwe still perceives local peasant farmers to be unsustainable exploiters of forests. The local resource users have not remained passive recipients of the repressive forestry policies and practices based on science but have actively contested them since the 1950s.
3 Mapedza, Everisto; Bond, I. 2006. Political deadlock and devolved wildlife management in Zimbabwe: The case of Nenyunga Ward. The Journal of Environment and Development, 15(4):407-427.
Wildlife management ; Natural Resources Management ; Political aspects ; Case studies ; Economic aspects / Zimbabwe / Nenyunga Ward
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9516 G176 MAP Record No: H040624)
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Since February 2000, Zimbabwe has been experiencing an unparalleled period of political, economic, and social uncertainty. The most prominent features are the political deadlock generated by (a) confrontation between the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party; (b) the illegal invasion of private land; (c) hyperinflation; and (d) the withdrawal of bilateral donor funds. Generally, a culture of impunity exists that compromises the rule of law. Within this crisis, very little attention has been given to the impact that this political deadlock and uncertainty have on natural resource management in the communal lands of Zimbabwe. Between 1990 and 2000, Zimbabwe’s Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) was considered one of the leading community conservation initiatives attracting considerable international interest and analysis. This article analyzes the changes that are taking place within Nenyunga Ward, Gokwe North Rural District Council (RDC), since 2000. By comparing selected natural resource management activities before and after 2000, the article demonstrates how the larger macroeconomic and political processes are undermining natural resource management at the ward level.
4 van Koppen, Barbara; Giordano, Mark; Butterworth, J.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2007. Community-based water law and water resource management reform in developing countries: rationale, contents and key messages. In van Koppen, Barbara; Giordano, Mark; Butterworth, J. (Eds.). Community-based water law and water resource management reform in developing countries. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.1-11. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 5)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 346.04691 G000 VAN Record No: H040684)
5 Mapedza, Everisto. 2007. Traditional authority: Accountability and governance in Zimbabwe. In Buur, L.; Kyed, H. M. (Eds.). State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa.: A new dawn for traditional authorities?. New York, NY, USA: Palgrave MacMillan. pp.183-207. (Palgrave studies in governance, security and development)
Leadership ; Governance ; Decentralization ; Legislation ; History ; Colonialism ; Villages ; Natural resources management ; Wildlife ; Social aspects ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects / Zimbabwe / Nenyunga / Gokwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 352 G176 MAP Record No: H040778)
6 Mapedza, Everisto. 2006. Compromised co-management, compromised outcomes: Experiences from a Zimbabwean forest. Africa Development, 31(2):104-123. (Special Issue: Decentralisation and Livelihoods in Africa).
Forest management ; Policy ; Decentralization ; Resource management ; Environmental effects ; Fuelwood / Zimbabwe / Mafungautsi Forest
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 634.92 G176 MAP Record No: H040779)
7 Mapedza, Everisto. 2006. Mafungautsi area, Zimbabwe: Decentralized management of forests. In Rydin, Y.; Falleth, E. (Eds.). Networks and institutions in natural resource management. Cheltenham, UK:Edward Elgar. pp.107-122.
Forest management ; Resource management ; Policy ; Decentralization ; Leadership ; Villages ; Legal aspects / Zimbabwe / Mafungautsi Forest
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 634.92 G176 MAP Record No: H040780)
8 Mapedza, Everisto; Chisaka, J.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2007. Competing livelihood strategies in the Lukanga Wetlands: Reflections from Kapukupuku and Waya areas of Zambia. In Proceedings, 8th WaterNet / Warfsa / GWP-SA Symposium, Lusaka, Zambia, 31 October – 2 November 2007. 10p.
Wetlands ; Living conditions ; Poverty ; Fishermen ; Fisheries ; Farming ; Livestock ; Land policies / Zambia / Lukanga Wetlands / Kapukupuku / Waya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G184 MAP Record No: H040781)
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9 Geheb, Kim; Mapedza, Everisto. 2008. The political ecologies of bright spots. In Bossio, Deborah; Geheb, Kim (Eds.). Conserving land, protecting water. Wallingford, UK: CABI; Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water & Food. pp.51-68. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series 6)
Agricultural society ; Farmers ; Pastoral society ; Households ; Living conditions ; Poverty ; Income ; Gender ; Women ; Political aspects ; Social aspects ; Corruption ; Irrigation canals ; Water allocation / Ivory Coast
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G000 BOS Record No: H041593)
10 Alemayehu, B.; Hagos, Fitsum; Haileslassie, A.; Mapedza, Everisto; Gebreselasse, S.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Peden, D. 2008. Prospects for payment for environmental services: the case of Blue Nile. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.56-60.
Environmental protection ; User charges ; Households ; Sedimentation ; Flooding ; Watershed management ; Cost benefit analysis ; Farmers attitudes ; Stakeholders ; Land management ; Water management ; River basins ; Econometric models / Ethiopia / Blue Nile River Basin / Gumera watersheds / Koga watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041696)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3708/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20III.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041696.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041696.pdf
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11 Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun; Geheb, Kim; Peden, D.; Boelee, Eline; Demissie, T. S.; Van Hoeve, E.; Van Koppen, Barbara. 2008. Why gender matters: reflections from the Livestock-Water Productivity Research Project. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.2. Increasing rainwater productivity; Multi-purpose water systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.97-100.
Gender ; Women ; Female labor ; Households ; Livestock ; Water productivity / Ethiopia / Zimbabwe / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041725)
12 Mapedza, Everisto; Haileselassie, A.; Hagos, Fitsum; McCartney, Matthew; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Tafesse, T. 2008. Transboundary water governance institutional architecture: reflections from Ethiopia and Sudan. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.1. Keynotes; Cross-cutting topics. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.77-80.
Water governance ; Water resource management ; International agreements ; River basins ; International cooperation ; International relations / Ethiopia / Sudan / Blue Nile River Basin / Limpopo River Basin / Zambezi River Basin / Volta River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041780)
http://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/3706/IFWF2_proceedings_Volume%20I.pdf?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041780.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041780.pdf
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13 Haileslassie, A.; Hagos, Fitsum; Mapedza, Everisto; Sadoff, Claudia W.; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Gebreselassie, S.; Peden, D. 2008. Institutional settings and livelihood strategies in the Blue Nile Basin: implications for upstream/downstream linkages. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 75p. (IWMI Working Paper 132) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.313]
River basins ; Water policy ; Institutions ; Institutional development ; Farming systems ; Mixed farming ; Cereals ; Sorghum ; Irrigated farming ; Vegetables ; Pastoralism ; Poverty ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Labor ; Ecosystems ; Energy ; Water power ; Watershed management ; Water harvesting ; Legal aspects ; Environmental policy ; Water user associations ; Irrigation programs / Africa / Ethiopia / Sudan / Egypt / Blue Nile River Basin / Koga Irrigation Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G100 HAI Record No: H041835)
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Through rapid assessment of existing literature and review of policy and other official documents, the report synthesizes the existing knowledge and gaps on policies and institutions and identifies key research issues that need in-depth study. The report provides an overview of the range of key livelihoods and production systems in the Blue Nile Basin (BNB) and highlights their relative dependence on, and vulnerability to, water resources and water-related ecosystem services. It also makes an inventory of current water and land related policies and institutions in the BNB, their organizational arrangements, dynamics and linkages and key policy premises. It highlights the major problems in institutional arrangements and policy gaps and makes suggestions for an in-depth Policy and Institutional Studies to be done as part of the Upstream-Downstream Research project.
14 Mapedza, Everisto; Haileslassie, A.; Hagos, Fitsum; McCartney, Matthew; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Tafesse, T. 2009. Transboundary water governance institutional architecture: reflections from Ethiopia and Sudan. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Fernando, Ashra (Comps.). Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands: its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile. Intermediate Results Dissemination Workshop held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 February 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.246-253.
Water governance ; Institutions ; International waters ; International cooperation ; River basin management / Africa / Ethiopia / Sudan / Blue Nile River Basin / Abbay River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G100 AWU Record No: H042520)
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Transboundary water resource governance is premised on equitable water and water-related benefit sharing. Using the case of the Blue Nile (Ethiopia and Sudan), we explore the conceptual issues that need consideration in the crafting of cross-border cooperation within the water sector. First, drawing on global experiences with transboundary water management, we evaluate how upstream and downstream concerns are addressed by transboundary water management institutions. Second, we explore the kinds of institutional design and the issues which need to be considered to result in ‘win-win’ scenarios for both upstream and downstream users, as well as the mechanisms of benefit sharing negotiated amongst different stakeholders. Third, we examine ways of addressing equity and livelihoods in transboundary institutional arrangements. Finally, we attempt to assess how transboundary institutions can address broader historical, political and economic issues and their implications for sustainable transboundary water governance. This paper raises key issues that need to be addressed in establishing transboundary governance institutions.
15 Alemayehu, B.; Hagos, Fitsum; Haileslassie, A.; Mapedza, Everisto; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Peden, D.; Tafesse, T. 2009. Prospect of payments for environmental services in the Blue Nile Basin: examples from Koga and Gumera watersheds, Ethiopia. In Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Fernando, Ashra (Comps.). Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands: its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile. Intermediate Results Dissemination Workshop held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 February 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.254-280.
River basin management ; Watershed management ; Land management ; Households ; Farmers attitudes ; Economic aspects / Africa / Ethiopia / Blue Nile River Basin / Koga Watershed / Gumera Watershed / Lake Tana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G100 AWU Record No: H042521)
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In transboundary river basins, like the Blue Nile, conflicts over the use of water resources are growing and recent advances in sustainable resource management recognizes the need for approaches that coordinate activities of people dependent on a common resource-base to realize sustainability and equity. Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are a component of a new and more direct conservation paradigm and an emerging concept to finance conservation programs by fostering dialogue between upstream and downstream land users. Those kinds of approach are particularly useful if applied in basins where irrigation schemes are emerging and the service life of reservoir and irrigation canals, in downstream areas are threatened by the sediments moved from upstream region. Here we report the results of our study on the determinants of Willingness to Pay (WTP) and Willingness to Compensate (WTC) for improved land and water management practices in the Blue Nile Basin (Gumera and Koga watersheds). A total of 325 sample households were selected using a multi-stage sampling technique, and a structured and pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data from the sample households. We applied Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to elicit WTP using monetary and material payment vehicles. Our results showed that more households are willing to pay in labor than in cash. The mean WTP for improved land and water management was estimated at US$1.06 and US$1.3 months-1 household-1 for upstream and downstream farmers, respectively. Besides, 83.56% of the sample farm households showed WTC the upstream farmers in cash. However, the aggregate WTP falls far short of the estimated investment cost needed for ecosystem restoration. Among others, the number of livestock, size of arable land, access to education and credit by the sample farm households were identified to positively influence sample farmers’ WTP for restoration of ecosystem services and downstream farmers’ WTC for improved ecosystem regulation services. Therefore, institutions and policy measures that enhance environmental education, reduce poverty and foster stakeholders’ cooperation must be promoted. Prospect of Payments for Environmental Services in the Blue Nile Basin: Examples from Koga and Gumera Watersheds.
16 Mapedza, Everisto. 2009. Decentralization outcomes in the context of political uncertainty in Zimbabwe: a comparative assessment of co-management and CAMPFIRE and implications for policy. In German, L. A.; Karsenty, A.; Tiani, A. M. (Eds.). Governing Africa's forests in a globalized world. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.215-233. (Earthscan Forestry Library)
Natural resources management ; Political aspects ; History ; Forests ; Decentralization ; Case studies / Africa / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H042710)
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17 Descheemaeker, Katrien; Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun; Ayalneh, W. 2009. Effects of integrated watershed management on water productivity in crop-livestock systems in water scarce areas of Ethiopia. [Abstract only]. In 10th WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium, IWRM: Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change and Livelihoods, Entebbe, Uganda, 28-30 October 2009. Volume of abstracts. Entebbe, Uganda: Waternet, GWP, WARFSA.
Watershed management ; Water productivity ; Water scarcity ; Farming systems ; Livestock ; Feeds / Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Ethiopia / Lenche Dima watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042712)
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18 Mapedza, Everisto; Geheb, Kim. 2010. Power dynamics and water reform in the Zimbabwean context: implications for the poor. Water Policy, 12(4):517-527. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.141]
Water resource management ; Decentralization ; Equity ; Legislation ; Poverty / Africa / Zimbabwe / Southern African
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042949)
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In Zimbabwe, the state has been reconfiguring the water sector since 1998, as has been happening more generally within the wider Southern African region. Within the water sector, as in broader environmental governance, decentralization is increasingly being proposed as an important step towards increased accountability, equity and positive social and environmental outcomes. Decentralization is defined as the devolution of powers to local level institutions which are downwardly accountable to their constituencies. This paper looks at the Zimbabwean case of decentralising water management and assesses whether or not this process has yielded positive social, economic and environmental outcomes. The paper views the reform process as a reflection of the power asymmetries that work against the interests of poor households in accessing water for both domestic and productive uses.
19 Mapedza, Everisto. 2008. Traditional authority, customary law and accountability within CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe. Paper presented at the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASC), University of Gloucestershire, UK, 14-18 July 2008. 20p.
Natural resources management ; Political aspects ; Legislation ; Environmental management / Africa / Zimbabwe / Southern Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042954)
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Colonial governments ‘invented’ tradition in order to serve their interests in Africa. This made traditional institutions pivotal in the resilience and perpetuation of colonial rule. In Zimbabwe, the postcolonial state is in the process of ‘re-inventing’ its subordinate version of traditional authority, which has enhanced its support base at the time its legitimacy is increasingly being questioned. This paper looks at how the year 2000 re configuration of traditional leadership impacted on customary law and democratic governance in rural Zimbabwe. It particularly explores how this is reflected within the sphere of natural resource management. It will demonstrate how the reconfiguration of traditional authority in Zimbabwe has undermined the accountability and legitimacy of traditional authorities in the north-western parts of Zimbabwe. This is being done through selectively appealing to the past in order to legitimate current practices – despite the historical contradictions. The Zimbabwean context further demonstrates that this legitimating process is based on two grounds. Firstly, the state wants the rural citizens to accept their oppressive version of traditional authorities. Their legitimacy is said to be unquestionable since it is based on an ‘established tradition.’ Secondly, the oppressive state policies are getting de jure recognition through passing of legislation – mainly the Traditional Leaders Act of 1998. This attribute is peculiar to the Zimbabwean state’s determination to hide the oppressive state policies beneath the veneer of ‘acting within the law’ albeit it’s arbitrary implementation. Chiefs are now largely viewed as localized state despots who are helping reproduce the postcolonial state whilst undermining their local credibility.
20 Mapedza, Everisto. 2010. Wielding the ax: state forestry and social conflict in Tanzania,1820-2000 by Thaddeus Sunseri. Book review. Journal of Historical Geography, 36(3):356-357. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2010.05.010]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042957)
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