Biography:
Dr Mafaniso Michael Hara is a social scientist with more than 25 years experience in social research and development work focusing on rural communities in Southern Africa, especially fisheries (both freshwater and marine).His current research is on integrated resource management, development of socio-economic indicators for small-scale fisheries, drivers of poverty in fishing communities and Development of inland fisheries of South Africa. He co-ordinates the Defragmenting African Resource Management (DARMA) project (a regional project whose objective is to increase national capacity in five Southern Africa countries for integrated commons management). He has just successfully completed research on and coordination of another regional project on ‘Cross Sectoral Commons Governance (CROSCOG) in Southern Africa’ (see DSA special issue Vol 25, No. 4 of October 2009).
Mafaniso Hara holds a PhD from UWC (2001), a Masters Degree from Humberside College of Higher Education in United Kingdom (1990), an Honours Degree in Sociology from Stellenbosch University (2010) and BSc from University of Malawi (1981). His doctoral research evaluated whether co-management could provide a solution to problems of artisanal fisheries management on the southeast arm of Lake Malawi.
Dr Hara lectures on the M Phil in Land and Agrarian Studies course at PLAAS, UWC and on the PhD in Fisheries and Aquaculture course at Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi and on the Masters in Integrated Water Resources Management at University of the Western Cape.
Recent Peer Reviewed Publications:
- Hara, M, S. Turner, T Haller and F. Matose. Governance of the commons in southern Africa: knowledge, political economy and power. Development Southern Africa Vol. 26, No. 4, October 2009. pp521-537.
- Hara, M & J. Raakjær. Policy evolution in South African fisheries: the governance of the sector for small pelagic. Development Southern Africa Vol. 26, No. 4, October 2009. pp649 -662.
- Hara, M. 2009. Crew members in South Africa’s squid industry; whether they have benefitted from transformation and governance reforms. Marine Policy 33 (2009) 513–519.
- Hara, M. 2008. Dilemmas of Democratic Decentralisation in Mangochi District, Malawi: Interest and Mistrust in Fisheries Management. Conservation and Society 6 (1): 74-86.
- Isaacs, M., M. Hara, J. Raakjær. 2007. Has reforming South African fisheries contributed to wealth redistribution and poverty alleviation?. Ocean and Costal Management. 50 (2007). p301-313.
- Hara, M.M. 2006. Restoring the Chambo in Southern Malawi: Learning from the Past or re-inventing the wheel?. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 9 (4): 419-432.
- Fairweather, T.P., M. Hara, C.D. van der Lingen, J. Raakjær, L.J. Shannon, G.G. Louw, P. Degnbol and R.J.M. Crawford. 2006. A knowledge base for management of the capital-intensive fishery for small pelagic fish off South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 2006, 28 (3&4): 645-660.
- Hara, M.M. 2006. Production relations and dynamics among user-groups in the artisanal fisheries of Malawi: Implications for Representation in Co-management Arrangements. MAST 2006, 4(2): 53-71.
- Nielsen, J.R. and M.M. Hara. 2006. Transformation of South African industrial fisheries. Marine Policy 30. pp43-50.
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