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Professor Jerome K Vanclay

2009

Alternative land-use options

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Zimflores: A Model To Advise Co-Management Of The Mafungautsi Forest In Zimbabwe, Ravi Prabhu, Mandy Haggith, Happyson Mudavanhu, Robert Muetzelfeldt, Wavell Standa-Gunda, Jerome K. Vanclay Nov 2009

Zimflores: A Model To Advise Co-Management Of The Mafungautsi Forest In Zimbabwe, Ravi Prabhu, Mandy Haggith, Happyson Mudavanhu, Robert Muetzelfeldt, Wavell Standa-Gunda, Jerome K. Vanclay

Professor Jerome K Vanclay

ZimFlores (version 4) is the outcome of a participatory modelling process and seeks to provide a shared factual basis for exploring land-use options for the communal lands surrounding the Mafungautsi forest. The ZimFlores experience underscores the importance of a sharing a common problem and a common location in which all participants have an interest. Participatory modelling has proved an effective way to consolidate a diverse body of knowledge and make it accessible. Results demonstrate the importance of model outputs that are diagnostic, and which offer insights into the issues under consideration.