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AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEXT OF THE JEWEL PROJECT<= span style=3D'mso-no-proof:yes'>:

 

ACCESS RIGHTS AND CONFLICT OVER=

 

COMMON POOL RESOURCES IN THE

 

HADEJIA-NGURU WETLANDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Blench

Mallam Dendo Ltd.

8, Guest Road

Cambridge CB1 2AL

United Kingdom

Voice/Answerphone/Fax. 0044-(0)1223-560687

E-mail  R.Blench@odi.org.uk

 

 

This report was prepared for ITAD Ltd., the consultancy company manag= ing the JEWEL Project in the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands for DFID, Nigeria.

 

 

Jos, 18 August 2003

 

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= = TABLE OF C= ONTENTS.. 1=

= TABLES.. 1=

= FIGURES.. 1=

= PHOTOS.. 1=

= ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.. 1=

= 1. The global and African context of wetlands. 1=

= 2. Background to the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands. 2=

= 3. Access Rights to CPRs (in the wetlands) = 8=

= 4. Conflict Management 18=

= 5. CONCLUSIONS.. 20=

= References. 21=

FIGURES.. 1=

BOXES.. 1=

Acknowledgments. 1=

The global and African context of wetlands. 1=

Background to the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands. 1=

Access Rights to CPRs (in the wetlands)= 7=

Conflict Management 17=

5. Conclusions. 19=

References<= span style=3D'display:none;mso-hide:screen;mso-no-proof:yes'>. 20=

 

TABLES=

 

Table 1. Customary access to wild resources..........................................= ......................... 14

Table 2. Categories of conflict over access rights............................................................. 17

Table 3. Society internal conflict over access rights..........................................= ................ 18

Table 4. Inter-society conflict over access rights................................................................ = 18

Table 5. Citizens versus regulatory authorities in conflict over access rights................. 18

 

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FIGURES

 

Figure 1.Visual representation of institutional structure. 7

 

BOXES

 

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Photo 1. mali fish-traps. 3

Photo 2. Irrigation channel with cucurbits. 6

Photo 3. Dagona waterfowl sanctuary sign. 13

Photo 4. Pickup carrying kanwa sacks. 14

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

The organisers would like to thank all the participants in the workshop and the traditional authorities who took time = to address the meetings. The villagers who kindly accepted that this was part = of a training exercise contributed enormously to the success of the whole enterprise. All those who took part worked extremely hard to make this work= shop a success and the organisers hope that it will be the stimulus to participa= nts to develop these skills in the development of the Hadejia-Nguru wetlands. <= /del>The organizers= would like to thank the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands Conservation Project for the use of their offices and vehicles during the workshop and Nguru Local Government f= or their support throughout.

 

ACRONYMS

 

ADP

Agricultural Development Project

CBNP

Chad Basin National Park

CBO

Community Based Organisation

CPR

Common Property (or Pool) Resource

DFID

(United Kingdom) Department For International Development

FEPA

Federal Environmental Protection Agency

FGN

Federal Government of Nigeria

FMARD

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmen= t

FME

Federal Ministry of Environment

FMW

Federal Ministry of Works

FMWR

Federal Ministry of Water Resources

FUA

Fadama Users Association