1.3.2. Research Objectives To achieve the research aim, the author considered that the following objectives needed to be addressed in this study: To investigate the community’s level of awareness about the inclusion of public participation in the management of natural resources in protected areas like riverbanks in the FP. To assess reasons why the community is not participating in the management of natural resources along the riverbanks To provide recommendations that will improve public participation in the management of natural resources in riverbanks. 1.3.3. Research Questions The researcher has attempted to review the following research questions in this study: What levels of awareness do communities have the inclusion of public participation in the management of riverbanks in the FP? Why are communities not participating in the management of riverbanks in line with the FP? How can community participation in the management of riverbanks be improved in line with the FP? 1.4. The Author The author happens to be a native of Nambesa Village which is located along Likangala River and very near to Mulunguzi River. This therefore has given him the chance to physically witness the environmental degradation taking place along these rivers before and after the revision of the FP. Additionally, for the longer period of his professional career, the author has worked for The Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) and Paper Making Education Trust
1.3.2. Research Objectives To achieve the research aim, the author considered that the following objectives needed to be addressed in this study: To investigate the community’s level of awareness about the inclusion of public participation in the management of natural resources in protected areas like riverbanks in the FP. To assess reasons why the community is not participating in the management of natural resources along the riverbanks To provide recommendations that will improve public participation in the management of natural resources in riverbanks. 1.3.3. Research Questions The researcher has attempted to review the following research questions in this study: What levels of awareness do communities have the inclusion of public participation in the management of riverbanks in the FP? Why are communities not participating in the management of riverbanks in line with the FP? How can community participation in the management of riverbanks be improved in line with the FP? 1.4. The Author The author happens to be a native of Nambesa Village which is located along Likangala River and very near to Mulunguzi River. This therefore has given him the chance to physically witness the environmental degradation taking place along these rivers before and after the revision of the FP. Additionally, for the longer period of his professional career, the author has worked for The Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) and Paper Making Education Trust