| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 216 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
People at wildlife frontiers in Southern Africa / Jens A. Andersson [and others] -- TFCAs and the invisible peoples / Jens A. Andersson, Vupenyu Dzingirai, David H.M. Cumming -- Denning the edge: boundary formation and TFCAs in Southern Africa / Jens A. Andersson, David H.M. Cumming -- Population and livelihoods on the edge / Ken E. Giller [and others] -- Ethnic heterogeneity and its implications for natural resources management on the edge / Billy Mukamuri [and others] -- On the edge of state and economy / Vupenyu Dzingirai [and others] -- Resource gradients and movements across the edge of transfrontier parks / Amon Murwira [and others] -- Consequences of animals crossing the edges of transfrontier parks / Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky [and others] -- Land- and natural resource-based livelihood opportunities in TFCAs / David H.M. Cumming, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky -- Whither TFCAs and people on the edge in Southern Africa? / David H.M. Cumming [and others] |
| Summary |
"The introduction of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa was based on an enchanting promise: simultaneously contributing to global biodiversity conservation initiatives, regional peace and integration, and the sustainable socio-economic development of rural communities. Cross-border collaboration and eco-tourism became seen as the vehicles of this promise, which would enhance regional peace and stability along the way. However, as these highly political projects take shape, conservation and development policymaking progressively shifts from the national to regional and global arenas, and the peoples most affected by TFCA formation tend to disappear from view. This book focuses on the forgotten people displaced by, or living on the edge of, protected wildlife areas. It moves beyond the grand 'enchanting promise' of conservation and development across frontiers, and unfounded notions of TFCAs as integrated social-ecological systems. Peoples' dependency on natural resources the specific combination of crop cultivation, livestock keeping and natural resource harvesting activities varies enormously along the conservation frontier, as does their reliance on resources on the other side of the conservation boundary. Hence, the studies in this book move from the dream of eco-tourism-fuelled development supporting nature conservation and people towards the local realities facing marginalized people, living adjacent to protected areas in environments often poorly suited to agriculture."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Protected areas -- Africa, Southern
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Transfrontier conservation areas -- Africa, Southern
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Wildlife conservation -- Africa, Southern
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Protected areas
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Transfrontier conservation areas
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Wildlife conservation
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Southern Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Andersson, Jens A
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| ISBN |
1351376748 |
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9781351376747 |
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9781315147376 |
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1315147378 |
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9781849777247 |
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1849777241 |
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9781351376723 |
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1351376721 |
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9781849712088 |
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1849712085 |
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9780415507783 |
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0415507782 |
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9781351376730 |
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135137673X |
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