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Issues in natural resources management in developing countries
Author(s) -
Thapa Gopal B.,
Weber Karl E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1994.tb00881.x
Subject(s) - interfacing , natural resource , natural resource management , business , government (linguistics) , environmental resource management , resource management (computing) , environmental planning , socioeconomic status , environmental economics , developing country , resource (disambiguation) , term (time) , natural (archaeology) , resource depletion , natural resource economics , computer science , economic growth , economics , geography , political science , ecology , population , philosophy , law , computer network , linguistics , sociology , biology , quantum mechanics , physics , demography , computer hardware , archaeology
Recognizing the steady depletion of natural resources in developing countries, this study analyses its causes by focusing on the ownership of such resources. Resource degradation was found associated with an array of individual, socioeconomic, politicoeconomic and institutional factors. In the pursuit of sustainable regional resources management and conservation, it is necessary to analyse and incorporate these multifarious factors into the design of a comprehensive strategy. While local government should be responsible for devising management strategies, their implementation requires the interfacing of field agencies with local communities that are to be assisted in the short term and instructed in depth; their performance should be closely monitored over the long term.