Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework
This paper sought to understand the current state of the management environment of Lake Malawi Basin, deduce a lake vision and develop indicators for assessing Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) in the lake basin. The premise of the study was that targeted indicators are necessary to effectivel...
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| author | Clara Limbitso Chidammodzi Victor Shiholo Muhandiki |
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| description | This paper sought to understand the current state of the management environment of Lake Malawi Basin, deduce a lake vision and develop indicators for assessing Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) in the lake basin. The premise of the study was that targeted indicators are necessary to effectively monitor the lake basin and manage it sustainably. The study focused on the Malawian side of the lake. Interviews, field observations and review of existing lake management and indicator development approaches around the world were the methods employed. It was found that Malawi lacks focus on lakes in its strategies and the existing management of the lake is on a sector-to-sector basis with little coordination. Furthermore, the capacity of lake-related sector institutions is hampered by inadequate resources and unstable flow of funds. It was concluded that the current management of the lake basin is unsustainable and there is need to comprehensively monitor the lake basin as well as formulate and implement management plans and strategies that are based on the knowledge obtained from targeted monitoring. A set of governance indicators was developed taking into account the characteristics of the lake, the values that it offers and the threats that it is facing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3137b8351a074b4896298e98fa92e5e72022-12-21T18:13:10ZengUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)International Journal of the Commons1875-02812015-03-019120923610.18352/ijc.479237Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) frameworkClara Limbitso Chidammodzi0Victor Shiholo Muhandiki1Nagoya UniversityNagoya University, Graduate School of EngineeringThis paper sought to understand the current state of the management environment of Lake Malawi Basin, deduce a lake vision and develop indicators for assessing Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) in the lake basin. The premise of the study was that targeted indicators are necessary to effectively monitor the lake basin and manage it sustainably. The study focused on the Malawian side of the lake. Interviews, field observations and review of existing lake management and indicator development approaches around the world were the methods employed. It was found that Malawi lacks focus on lakes in its strategies and the existing management of the lake is on a sector-to-sector basis with little coordination. Furthermore, the capacity of lake-related sector institutions is hampered by inadequate resources and unstable flow of funds. It was concluded that the current management of the lake basin is unsustainable and there is need to comprehensively monitor the lake basin as well as formulate and implement management plans and strategies that are based on the knowledge obtained from targeted monitoring. A set of governance indicators was developed taking into account the characteristics of the lake, the values that it offers and the threats that it is facing.https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/479environmental managementintegrated lake basin management (ilbm)lake assessmentlake malawilake visionmonitoring indicators |
| spellingShingle | Clara Limbitso Chidammodzi Victor Shiholo Muhandiki Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework International Journal of the Commons environmental management integrated lake basin management (ilbm) lake assessment lake malawi lake vision monitoring indicators |
| title | Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework |
| title_full | Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework |
| title_fullStr | Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework |
| title_short | Development of indicators for assessment of Lake Malawi Basin in an Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) framework |
| title_sort | development of indicators for assessment of lake malawi basin in an integrated lake basin management ilbm framework |
| topic | environmental management integrated lake basin management (ilbm) lake assessment lake malawi lake vision monitoring indicators |
| url | https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/479 |
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