PLAAS hosts the Launch Workshop of the DARMA Project
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LAUNCH WORKSHOP FOR ‘DEFRAGMENTING
AFRICAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (DARMA)’ PROJECT
A launch workshop for the project “Defragmenting African Resource Management (DARMA)” was held from 26 to 29 January 2010 at the Sea Point Aquarium, Sea Point, Cape Town. DARMA is a three year project (October 2009 to October 2012) funded by the Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of states Secretariat under the Science & Technology Programme (an ACP-European Union cooperation programme). DARMA seeks to build networks and research frameworks that can integrate resource management in southern Africa. Specifically, DARMA is about increasing capacity for the integrated commons management. Seven case studies will be used in the project, namely the Kafue Flats in Zambia; the Zambezi Basin in Zambia and Zimbabwe; the Chilwa floodplain in Malawi; the Southeast arm of Lake Malawi; the Okavango Delta in Botswana; the Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve of the Transkei/Wild Coast Region of South Africa; and ecosystem management of small pelagic fisheries in South Africa. DARMA is coordinated by PLAAS (Dr. Mafaniso Hara). The workshop was about discussing the technical and financial aspects of the project, drawing up the work plans and also agreeing on deliverables and outputs and the timing of these. The following people, who form the core research team from the partner institutions, participated in the workshop: Dr. Frank Matose, Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town; Associate Professor Astrid Jarre, Marine Research Institute (MA-RE), University of Cape Town; Dr. Lapologang Magole and Mr. Innocent Magole, Okavango Research Centre, University of Botswana; Dr. Steven Donda and Dr. Friday Njaya, Department of Fisheries, Malawi; Mr. Cyprian Kapasa, AQUAFISH, Zambia; Dr. Peter Mvula, Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi; Ms. Meya Kalindekafe, Department of Biology, University of Malawi; Dr. George Matiya, Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi; and Dr. Kefasi Nyikahadzoi and Dr Linda Mhlanga, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe. The following associate partners participated in the workshop: Professor Jesper Raakjær, Dr. Douglas Wilson, Dr. Alyne Delaney (Innovative Fisheries Management – IFM, Aalborg University, Denmark); Dr. Bram Buscher (Institute for Social Studies, the Netherlands); Professor Erling Berge (Norwegian University of Science and Technology); Professor Tobias Haller (Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland); and Dr Stephen Turner (Independent Consultant, the Netherlands). |
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