Using scenario planning for stakeholder engagement in livelihood futures in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

Chirozva, Chaka; Mukamuri, Billy B.; Manjengwa, Jeanette

doi:10.1080/0376835x.2013.859065

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“…Previous studies in the GLTFCA have revealed, however, that there is rather minimal community driven tourism taking place in the area (Bhatasara et al, 2013, Ferreira, 2004, Manwa, 2012. Furthermore, it is observed that since the introduction of transfrontier conservation areas, the people living on the boundary of this rich tourism resource base are often forgotten and potentially marginalized (Andersson et al, 2013;Chirozva et al, 2013). As noted by Murphree (2009Murphree ( : 2560 in the context of GLTFCA: few communities "even know of the project, conceded in the boardrooms of Pretoriam Harare and Maputo."…”

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“…Thus, there is need for explanation at a higher level to assure the communities and allay their fears as well. Since the formation of the GLTFCA early 2000, Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs (Chirozva et al, 2013). Further to the NGO fatigue in funding biodiversity conservation and CBTs, the political and macro-economic instability experienced in Zimbabwe over the years has impacted negatively on the competitiveness of Zimbabwe as a tourist destination.…”

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“…Location of study area wards (Wards 13, 14 and 15 are located adjacent to the GNP)Adopted fromChirozva et al, 2013 …”

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Local participation in transfrontier tourism: Case of Sengwe community in Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zimbabwe

Chiutsi

Saarinen

2017

Development Southern Africa

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Transfrontier cross-border nature conservation has become a fashionable target in many parts of the world, including southern Africa. Transfrontier conservation initiatives are considered to have great capacity for biodiversity conservation and sustainable tourism development by providing employment and revenue opportunities for poor people and communities. However, many previous studies have indicated that in spite of expectations and rhetoric there is often rather minimal community awareness and participation in conservation management, tourism economy and related opportunities. This study aims to discuss local people's perceptions of community participation, opportunities and constraints in sustainable transfrontier tourism in southeastern lowveld Zimbabwe. The results based on community interviews show that the people are aware of the potential role of tourism in improving livelihoods. The major challenge, however, is to address how this can be turned into concrete benefits for households and communities.

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Local participation in transfrontier tourism: Case of Sengwe community in Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zimbabwe

Chiutsi

Saarinen

2017

Development Southern Africa

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“…To date, there is very limited published information about how local communities perceive their own futures in TFCAs (but see Chirozva et al, 2013; Chitakira et al, 2012). There is an urgent need to repair and improve environmental justice and deconstruct the persistent neo‐colonialism in TFCAs (Chan et al, 2020; Ferreira, 2006; Martin et al, 2016).…”

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

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1. Calling on the concept of environmental justice in its distributive, procedural and recognition dimensions, we implemented a coelaborative scenario building approach to explore sustainable livelihoods pathways in four sites belonging to two Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa.2. Grounded on participation and transdisciplinarity, as a foundation for decolonised anticipatory action research, we aimed at stimulating knowledge exchange and providing insights on the future of local livelihoods engaging experts living within these TFCAs.3. Our results show that wildlife and wildlife-related activities are not seen as the primary drivers of local livelihoods, despite the focus and investments of dominant stakeholders in these sectors. Instead, local governance and land use regulations emerged as key drivers in the four study sites. The state of natural resources, including water, and appropriate farming systems also appeared critical to sustain future livelihoods in TFCAs, together with the recognition of indigenous culture, knowledge and value systems.

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“…Specifically, tailored messaging to tourists via tourism operators can address issues around climate change threats and risks, recreational activities, and the role that visitors could play in sustainable development (Welford and Ytterhus, 2004; Paunović and Jovanović, 2017; Goldberg et al, 2018). Tourism stakeholders often address climate change impacts individually and reactionary, rather than collectively and proactively (Horne et al, 2021), despite the recognition that collaboration is necessary (Moreno and Becken, 2009; Chirozva et al, 2013).…”

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Climate change planning in a coastal tourism destination, A participatory approach

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DiMatteo-LePape

Wolf-Gonzalez

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Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Participatory planning is one strategy to increase tourism suppliers’ capacity to jointly anticipate climate change impacts and implement locally feasible and acceptable solutions; however, participatory planning is uncommon. In this study, we co-created a series of planning workshops with tourism partners to examine and address climate change impacts (challenges and opportunities) on Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA. We co-designed and facilitated two Zoom workshops in spring 2021 for tourism suppliers. Workshops focused on (1) identifying climate change impacts to the tourism system and (2) developing planning priorities for the destination. Workshops resulted in two planning priorities: visitation shifts and the opportunity to become a more sustainable destination in response to climate change. Our participatory approach brought together diverse tourism suppliers that do not usually collaborate to increase the destination’s capacity to plan for and respond to climate change. Similar participatory approaches may benefit other natural resource dependent contexts.

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Using scenario planning for stakeholder engagement in livelihood futures in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Local participation in transfrontier tourism: Case of Sengwe community in Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zimbabwe

Local participation in transfrontier tourism: Case of Sengwe community in Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, Zimbabwe

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

Climate change planning in a coastal tourism destination, A participatory approach

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