C.P.I. (Christopher) Mahonge MSc. : Co-managing complex social-ecological systems in Tanzania. The case of lake Jipe wetland

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22 Oct 2010 16:00
Unit: Wageningen University
Location: Aula, building 362, Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen
Organisation: Wageningen University
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Arthur P.J. Mol
Co Promotor: Dr. S.R. Bush

 Social and environmental systems have usually been viewed as single entities. This simple view conceals the complex nature of social-ecological systems. In practice, a human-nature system comprises of several, different and dynamic social and environmental units, actors and rules. This thesis entitled Co-managing complex social-ecological systems depicts this complexity in which Lake Jipe wetland in Tanzania is the central case. This case indicates interactions among multiple and dynamic rules, actors and environmental systems at different seasons and spaces. While some actors and rules stand for specific roles, others govern interlinking roles thereby establishing layers of the rules and actors in three studied sectoral (fisheries, agricultural and pastoral) systems at Lake Jipe. The layering concept extends the existing knowledge among co-management scholars by showing that human-environment systems are complex interdependent multiple systems. This thesis, thus, sheds light on how to study social-environmental systems using models that recognise diversities of these systems.
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