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BEYOND TOURISM: ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE ENTERPRISES IN AFRICA
| Author: | Christo Fabricius, Bianca Currie, Monicah Mbiba, Herbert Ntuli |
| Language: | |
| Topic: | Community development |
| Type: | Tools |
| Last updated: | 26 November 2025 |
The aim was to assess the long term financial, social and ecological viability of community-based enterprises, beyond tourism and hunting, and to develop decision support tools to enable their proactive evaluation.
The investigation has 3 parts and 6 appendices, downloadable below and from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BQu3cTki5k8PkRWIfPDjB9tD2xMLZ9jg?usp=share_link (for the decision support spreadsheet and case studies)
● PART I. A rapid evidence review of the viability of nature- based community enterprises, based on a literature
survey and six case studies.
● PART II. Infographics and detailed descriptions of six case studies: baobab products; beekeeping; carbon
markets; charcoal production; timber extraction; and wildlife credits.
● PART III. Guidelines for using an on-line rule-based spreadsheet tool to guide users through a viability
assessment of individual community-based nature enterprise initiatives.
● APPENDIX 1-6. Case study reports focusing on:
baobab products
beekeeping
voluntary Carbon markets
charcoal production
timber extraction
wildlife credits.
