UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE - FACULTY OF ENGINEERING - DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

IWRM Thesis ©2010 The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this study do neither reflect the views of the University of Zimbabwe, Department of Civil Engineering nor of the individual members of the MSc Examination Committee, nor of their respective employers. [...] Despite the myriad stakeholders involved in the utilisation and management of the resource, there is lack of coordination and integration in the management of the Makgadikgadi (Centre for Applied Research, 2004). [...] The study will therefore determine the value of the resource in terms of the communities‘ use of the wetland‘s resource which forms part of the direct use value of the wetland as well as groundwater recharge which is an indirect use value of the wetland. [...] 1.3 Objectives The overall objective of the study is to determine the economic value of the goods and services provided by the Makgadikgadi wetland system and the implications for water resources management for optimal livelihoods. [...] The values do not include all the direct and indirect uses of the wetland and therefore only gives a partial view of the economic value of the wetland.