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Academic Profile: Dr. Bimo Abraham Nkhata, Monash South Africa

Dr. Bimo Abraham Nkhata

Title: Adjunct Senior Research Fellow

Email: bimo.nkhata@monash.edu or bankhata@yahoo.ocm

Cellphone: +254710421052

Bimo has a PhD in environment and development from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He holds an adjunct position as Senior Research Fellow at Monash South Africa where he is expected to remain active in research and teaching. He is employed as a Senior Scientist in the Zambia Wildlife Authority where he has been seconded to the Lusaka Agreement Task Force based in Kenya. The Task Force is the secretariat to a regional multilateral environmental agreement that aims at promoting regional environmental cooperation. He has over 20 years experience in planning and managing for protected natural areas in Zambia.

Research areas

His research interests have centered on the complex, dynamic linkages between ecological and social systems. Particularly, he has sought to improve understanding of the processes involved in the governance of ecosystems services. He has conducted field research and published on environmental governance, collaborative water resources management, civil society dialogue in water resources management, wetlands governance, community-based natural resource management, and effective protected area management. At present he is part of an international research initiative operating under a university consortium involving Monash South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Montana, University of Copperbelt and University of Namibia. The initiative seeks to develop a regional research program exploring benefit sharing in social-ecological systems.

Publications

  • Nkhata, B.A. and C.M. Breen (2010) Performance of Community-Based Natural Resource Governance for the Kafue Flats (Zambia). Environmental Conservation 37 (3): 296–302.
  • Nkhata, B.A. and C.M Breen (2010) A Framework for Exploring Integrated Learning Systems for the Governance and Management of Public Protected Areas. Environmental Management 45(2):403-413.
  • Nkhata, B.A., C.M. Breen and A. Abacar (2009) Social Capital, Community-Based Governance and Resilience in an African Artisal River Fishery. Water SA 35(1):45-54.
  • E. van Wyk, T. Sherwill, C.M. Breen and B.A. Nkhata (2009) Civil Society Dialogue in Water Resources Management: Lessons from Four Local-Level Experiences of River Systems. Report to the Water Research Commission by CSIR, University of the Witwatersrand & University of KwaZulu-Natal, WRC Report No. TT 383/09. Water Research Commission, Private Bag X03, Gezina, 0031, South Africa.
  • Nkhata, A.B., C.M. Breen, and W.A. Freimund (2008) Resilient Social Relationships and Collaboration in the Management of Social-Ecological Systems. Ecology and Society 13(1): 2. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss1/art2/.
  • Nkhata, B.A. (2005) The Role of Relationships Theory in Integrating Social Science into Conservation Research. A Paper Submitted to the Treehouse Research Program on People and Conservation, American Office, Department of Society and Conservation, The University of Montana, USA.
  • Nkhata, B.A. (2005) Devolution and Natural Resources Management in Zambia: Transforming Rural Communities into GameKeepers without Authority. In Dzingirai, V. and C. Breen, editors. Confronting the Crisis in Community Conservation: Case Studies from Southern Africa. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. ISBN-1-86840-583-4.
  • Nkhata, B.A. (2003) Assessing the Feasibility of Sub-dividing Mulobezi, Sichifulo, Nkala-Bbilili and Kafue Flats Game Management Areas. A Report Submitted to the Zambia Wildlife Authority, Chilanga, Zambia.
  • Nkhata, B.A. (2003) An Assessment of the Boundary Conflict between the Kafue National Park and Kabulwebulwe Chiefdom in Mumbwa. A Report Submitted to the Zambia Wildlife Authority, Chilanga, Zambia.
  • Nyambe, N. and B.A. Nkhata (2001) CBNRM Benefits and Cost Sharing: A Case Study of Chiawa District. In Richardson, G. and S. Johnson, editors: Challenges to Developing CBNRM and Effective Participatory Environmental Policy Processes in Zambia. IUCN Regional Office for Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbambwe. ISBN-0-7974-2360-5.

In press

  • Nkhata, B.A., A.W. Mosimane, C.M. Breen, J. Crafford and D.G. Hay, in press. A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Benefit Sharing Arrangements with Particular Reference to the Water Sector. Submitted to the Water Research Commission, South Africa.
  • Nkhata, B.A. and S.F. McCool, in press. Coupling Governace and Management Through Proteced Area Planning. In Freimund, W., C.M. Breen and S.F. McCool, editors: Protected Areas and Systems Thinking: Meeting Competing Demands in an Era of Turbulence. Submitted to University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.
  • McCool, S.F. and B.A. Nkhata, in press. Making Sense of Sensing. In Freimund, W., C.M. Breen and S.F. McCool, editors: Protected Areas and Systems Thinking: Meeting Competing Demands in an Era of Turbulence. Submitted to University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

 
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