Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice

Bourgeois, Robin; Guerbois, Chloé; Givá, Nícia; Mugabe, Prisca H.; Mukamuri, Billy B.; Fynn, Richard W.S.; Daré, William’s; Motsholapheko, Moseki R.; Nare, Lerato; Delay, Erwann; Ducrot, Raphaëlle; Bucuane, Joaquim; Mercandalli, Sara; Page, Christophe Le; Caron, Alexandre

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“…This is consistent with global calls for integrated management of “working” or “shared” landscapes (Kremen and Merenlender, 2018; Obura et al, 2021) and regional programmes, like the European Commission’s NaturAfrica initiative (European Commission, 2021). However, across Eastern and Southern Africa these kinds of landscape-wide efforts often struggle for legitimacy and face challenges around governance, power dynamics and environmental justice (Bourgeois et al, 2023; Cassidy, 2021; Kicheleri et al, 2021). Although community-based conservation in unprotected landscapes relies on many of the same tools as protected areas – notably, clearly defined boundaries, the need for monitoring, restricted resource use, and sanctions for rule-breaking (Mahajan et al, 2021) – it faces a unique tension between the concentration of decision-making power in formal institutions and the local communities who resist these trends (Kicheleri et al, 2021; Nelson et al, 2021).…”

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The values of ecosystem services inside and outside of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa

Buschke,

Capitani

2023

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Conservation policies often take for granted the importance of protected areas for supplying ecosystem services. The 1stedition of theState of Protected and Conserved Areas in Eastern and Southern Africareport contained limited information on ecosystem services, so for the upcoming 2ndedition we compared statistically 561 standardised economic values of various types of ecosystem services inside and outside of protected areas. We found that data from local and sub-national case-studies in the Ecosystem Service Valuation Database were biased geographically, highlighting major evidence gaps for most of the region. For well-studied countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda), the value of ecosystem services varied considerably across different types of services but were – on average – five times higher outside protected areas. This trend was not universal, however, given that opportunities for recreation and tourism tended to be 20 times higher within protected areas. Combined, these findings suggest that conservation authorities across Eastern and Southern Africa (1) prioritise ecosystem service valuation studies; expand the focus of ecosystem service policies to include wider landscapes beyond protected area boundaries; and (3) avoid making generic assumptions about ecosystem services by identifying which types of services are most compatible with the broader goals of protection.

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The values of ecosystem services inside and outside of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa

Buschke,

Capitani

2023

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“…Access to PAs that lie just beyond Kenyan national boundaries may have a modulating effect on these conflicts. This emphasizes the need for greater cooperation in PA management among nations in this region, such as through the establishment of trans-frontier conservation areas in a manner that integrates the needs and aspirations of local communities (Duffy 2005, Hanks 2008, Bourgeois 2023).…”

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Exploring linkages between protected-area access and Kenyan pastoralist food security using a new agent-based model

Warrier,

Boone,

Keys

et al. 2024

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Pastoral communities living in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya raise livestock herds within highly patchy environments, and experience chronic food insecurity and inter-ethnic conflicts linked to resource access. For these primarily rural communities, livestock are a source of calories and income and are therefore crucial to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) associated with food security (SDG 2). Achieving sustainable improvements in household well-being in this region is contingent on understanding how diverse policy decisions complement or undermine the ability of pastoral households to raise livestock. Of near-term relevance is the question of reconciling food security with biodiversity conservation goals (SDG 15) across Kenya's drylands, which are also known for their exceptional biodiversity. World over, protected areas are associated with diverse impacts on local communities. However, spatial variation in how these areas contribute to pastoral food security and household wellbeing across Kenya remain poorly understood. Using our newly developed model SPIRALL, we examined spatial variation in changes in household well-being that result when pastoral households across Kenya lose access to neighboring protected areas. SPIRALL is a country-scale, agent-based pastoral household decision-making model. We joined SPIRALL to L-Range, a model that simulates rangeland ecosystem functioning. The resulting coupled model simulates reciprocal interactions between pastoral households and the environment in Kenya and can be used as a scenario analysis tool to understand impacts of broadly defined policies on food security. Our scenario-based analysis showed that loss of protected-area access caused increases in rates of hunger, debt, and trans-boundary movements, particularly among non-sedentary and agropastoral households. These effects were spatially heterogeneous and influenced by county size and proximity to protected areas. We conclude by outlining the policy-implications result of the interactions between SDG 2 and SDG 15 in Kenya. We also highlight additional uses and avenues for improvement for SPIRALL.

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Discourses on landscape governance and transfrontier conservation areas: converging, diverging and evolving discourses with geographic contextual nuances

Mpofu,

Radinger-Peer,

Musakwa

et al. 2023

Biodivers Conserv

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Transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) are regarded as crucial instruments for biodiversity conservation as they connect landscapes across country borders. The TFCA framework is built on multi-actor, multi-sector and multi-level negotiations, a concept that incorporates principles of landscape governance (LG). This article is driven by our interest in the governance of transfrontier landscapes such as the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. The study aims to explore the narratives of two academic discourses of TFCA and LG. The study uses a bibliometric analysis and systematic review based on PRISMA to determine (i) to which degree the two discourses share commonalities in their narratives and take each other into account (ii) how the discourses have developed between 1998 and 2022 (iii) the geographical distribution of publications on the two discourses. Our results identified six clusters which include: African Wildlife Conservation, Governance for Biodiversity Conservation, TFCA Wildlife Connectivity, Policies and Strategies, Political Ecology, and Management of Protected Areas. The discourses depict commonalities attributed to conservation, power and actor roles. However, LG is more governance-oriented while TFCA is more skewed towards wildlife management. The TFCA discourse is a more Southern African-centred debate whilst the LG debate is more rooted in the global North resulting from unique challenges, priorities, and approaches to landscape management. Moreover, a shift from a conservation-centred approach to a more holistic social-ecological system approach is evident. By leveraging on LG and TFCA strengths, cross-fertilization can foster meaningful cross-collaborations in managing different landscapes through dialogue, knowledge sharing, and identifying common goals, challenges and opportunities.

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Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice

Cited by 7 publications

References 109 publications

The values of ecosystem services inside and outside of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa

The values of ecosystem services inside and outside of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa

Exploring linkages between protected-area access and Kenyan pastoralist food security using a new agent-based model

Discourses on landscape governance and transfrontier conservation areas: converging, diverging and evolving discourses with geographic contextual nuances

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