Local responses to conservation in the Richtersveld National Park, South Africa

Boonzaier, Emile

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“…The positive attitudes towards national parks shown here reflect a change in the attitudes of communities around national parks in South Africa (Hough 1988; Newmark et al 1993;Fourie 1994;Boonzaier 1996;Weaver 2000;Munnik & Mhlope 2000;Berger & Ntiati 2000;Hove 2000; Jacobson 2000). It remains imperative, however, that conservation areas are seen to be promoting the conservation of nature and biodiversity (Cater & Lowman 1994).…”

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Reflections on the relationships between communities and conservation areas of South Africa: the case of five South African national parks

Simelane

Kerley

Knight

2006

Koedoe

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have limited ecological knowledge and understanding of resources occurring within the parks. People within these communities rate relationships with their neighbouring parks as relatively poor. Despite this, these communities are keen to support conservation and management of biodiversity through national parks. The study further revealed that two types of communities occur around the national parks of South Africa. These are neighbouring and the distant communities. The distant communities are more urban in character than the neighbouring communities. These communities are heterogeneous with people from a variety of cultures. The varying lifestyle, age groups, cultural backgrounds and income levels lead to differences in expectations from the national parks by these communities. This, which is critical in determining the level of appreciation of conservation of biodiversity by communities around conservation areas, requires the attention of the park managers. They need to ensure that when distributing the benefits or opportunities linked to conservation, cultural, income and education differences among communities are considered and used as the basis for development and implementation of community development projects.

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Reflections on the relationships between communities and conservation areas of South Africa: the case of five South African national parks

Simelane

Kerley

Knight

2006

Koedoe

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“…Such information would help managers decide which comparisons matter most to local people, how survey techniques might need to change, which messaging is most reliable, how relationships influence MPA support, and what broader benefits are valued. Any optimism based largely on information from the external catalyst needs to be carefully managed to avoid later disappointment, cynicism and poor relationships if recovery does not happen quickly (Boonzaier, 1996).…”

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Assessing ecological changes in and around marine reserves using community perceptions and biological surveys

Yasué

Kaufman

Vincent

2010

Aquatic Conservation

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ABSTRACT1. Well-enforced partial or total no-fishing zones (collectively known as marine protected areas, or MPAs) can help restore degraded coral reefs and enhance fish populations.2. A comparison was made of community perceptions of ecological changes in an MPA with concurrent scientific data on these changes in the same MPA. Such analyses are particularly important in community-based MPAs where local support is a key determinant of ecological success.3. The no-take MPA in question was initially launched in partnership with the community in 1995 and formalized in 1998. The perceptions data come from interviews with community members in 1999 and 2004, the biological data come from underwater visual censuses of the MPA from 1998 to 2004.4. Community members perceived more fish within the MPA and slight increases in catch outside the MPA. In contrast, fish censuses showed a high degree of stochastic variation and only minor increases in fish abundance, size and diversity in and around the MPA between 1998 and 2004.5. Possible explanations for these discrepancies include different temporal, spatial or species frames of reference and/or limitations to the biological survey technique. Other options include wishful thinking, external influences, a desire to please, or confounding with other benefits.6. This study demonstrates some of the strengths and weaknesses of community perceptions and biological data. In order to improve our understanding about the changes that occur over time in an MPA and engender community support for the long-term viability of MPAs, it is important to develop diverse and efficient monitoring schemes.

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“…Community conservation, which is also known as community-based natural resource management 1 (CBNRM), involves the decentralization of management authority and distribution of benefits to affected communities with the belief that this will generate incentives to support conservation planning. Community conservation has become a major strategy for conservation and development agencies operating in the developing world and produced numerous studies examining its opportunities and limitations (IIED 1994;Boonzaier 1996;Songorwa 1999;Twyman 2000;Hulme and Murphree 2001;Brown 2002;Wilshusen et al 2002Wilshusen et al , 2003Magome and Murombedzi 2003;Algotsson 2006;Blaikie 2006).…”

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Coupling Community Heterogeneity and Perceptions of Conservation in Rural South Africa

King¹,

Peralvo²

2010

Hum Ecol

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Concerns about the impacts of national parks and protected areas upon local populations have generated significant interest in community conservation initiatives that attempt to include local knowledge and participation in natural resource decision-making. While there has been much interest in the institutional frameworks and livelihood impacts of community conservation, emerging research is documenting the various factors that shape local perceptions. This paper uses a case study of the Mahushe Shongwe Game Reserve in South Africa to examine the key variables shaping community perceptions of community conservation. We employ multinomial logistic regression models to understand views of the benefits and future direction of the reserve. These models are coupled with information collected from semi-structured interviews that assists in providing a detailed, and more complex, understanding of the diverse ways that community conservation is perceived by local residents. The paper demonstrates that multiple factors, particularly household history, education, and gender contribute in shaping views of the reserve. While these variables are often identified in the academic literature as important, we argue that the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods helps reveal the interplay between them in shaping perceptions of community conservation.

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Local responses to conservation in the Richtersveld National Park, South Africa

Cited by 29 publications

References 5 publications

Reflections on the relationships between communities and conservation areas of South Africa: the case of five South African national parks

Reflections on the relationships between communities and conservation areas of South Africa: the case of five South African national parks

Assessing ecological changes in and around marine reserves using community perceptions and biological surveys

Coupling Community Heterogeneity and Perceptions of Conservation in Rural South Africa

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