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| Title: | Intervention in Natural Resource Use in Biriwiri, Zimbabwe |
| Authors: | Bongo, Paradzayi P. Bourdillon, M.F.C.  |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Periodical: | Zambezia (ISSN 0379-0622) |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 133-146 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
| Subjects: | women nature conservation forest resources Women's Issues Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology agriculture Cultural Roles Environment, Ecology natural resources Resources utilization Income generation Environmental impact analysis Biriwiri (Zimbabwe) |
| External link: | http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals/html/itemdetail.cfm?recordID=1174 |
| Abstract: | In Biriwiri, a mountainous region in Chimanimani District, eastern Zimbabwe, many women earn extra income from the craft of bark cloth, using fibres from the bark of slow-growing 'miombo' trees indigenous to the area. There is some concern that this is damaging the environment, and there have been attempts to find alternative forms of income for the women. The present article examines the use of forest resources by women of Biriwiri. It looks at a number of projects which are being undertaken to ensure tree conservation (animators, plantations, the Mhakwe Dam), and the interplay between the perspectives of outside conservationists and members of the community. It concludes that more effective intervention in Biriwiri should start from an informed basis. Currently individual motivation for conservation is eroded by insecurity, uncertainty, instability and stress. Short-term survival has top priority and people are bitter towards those who are seen as taking away their chances of existence. Bibliogr. |
