Agriculture, Foraging and Wildlife Resource Use in Africa

Cultural and Political Dynamics in the Zambezi Valley
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-7103-0515-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

First Published in 1996

Can wildlife utilization become a sustainable alternative means of land usage? This anthropological study reveals the intricate web of socio-cultural forces at play in wildlife management in Africa, shedding light on many issues central to the management of natural resources around the world. Based on two years of fieldwork in a remote part of the Zambezi valley, where buffalos and elephants compete with foragers and stream-bank cultivators and where safari operators, spirit mediums and wildlife committees exert conflicting rights over natural resources, this book charts the progress of Zimbabwe's experiment in the use of wildlife for the benefit of local communities through the Communal Areas Management Program for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE). CAMPFIRE aims to redirect control and benefits of state-run wildlife management through local community-based wildlife utilization common property regimes. Focusing on the cultural and political dynamics associated with wildlife use, Hasler's book describes the village context, where conflicting and ambiguous rights, and vested interests in natural resources from ward, district, national and global levels, result in a confusion of jurisdictions concerning use, ownership and access to wildlife.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hasler, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Fischerei, Fischzucht, Aquakultur
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Jagd, Jagdindustrie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 2 An Introduction to Chapoto Ward (Kanyemba) 3 Agriculture and Foraging in Competition with Wildlife 4 The Cultural and Political Dynamics of Wildlife Resource Use in Chapoto Ward 5 Coping with Wildlife 6 Gardeners of Elephants: Competing Bundles of Rights to Wildlife 7 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Hasler is a research fellow employed by the Centre of Applied Social Science at the University of Zimbabwe.