Title:

Visions 2030 for the Okavango River Basin: Inspiration from 27 stakeholders from all levels. Learning from one another to better anticipate the future

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Publication Year:
2014
Abstract:

The booklet provides a feedback to stakeholders who participated in face-toface interviews concerning land use and livelihoods in the Okavango River Basin (ORB) conducted from November 2012 to June 2013, in the context of The Future Okavango (TFO) research project. It further addresses all actors of the ORB, including the researchers taking part in the TFO research project. Herewith, we hope to support the exchange of ideas among actors in the ORB and to raise the awareness among stakeholders of the basin that not only actors from different countries but also acting at different scales (from local to trans-boundary) may have different visions for land use and well-being in the ORB in 2030. The report aims to provide simple food for thought, in a process of preparation towards an equitable and multi-scale, integrated vision for the basin. Thus, exchange of ideas is the main purpose of this report. Note that no further evaluation, aggregation or analysis is communicated in this booklet. Such analyses will be conducted within 2014-2015 and presented in later reports or scientific publications. In practice, this booklet illustrates the diversity of opinions existing in the basin about how land use and well-being should develop. The 27 selected visions for the Okavango River Basin in 2030 come from stakeholders from each of three countries of the basin and from different scales of decision making on land use (local, regional/district/provincial, national and basin).

Item Type:
Book or Magazine
Language:
en
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