Private wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe : joint ventures and reciprocity / by Harry Wels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wels, Harry, 1961-

Series:

Afrika-Studiecentrum series 1570-9310 ; v. 2.

Afrika-Studiecentrum series, 1570-9310 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife conservation--Zimbabwe.

Wildlife conservation.

Zimbabwe.

Physical Description:

xiii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

This is the first complete book on a private wildlife conservation initiative in Zimbabwe. In the context of the hotly debated Land Question, the focus is on the attempted developmental relationship with its neighbouring communities through a joint venture.

Contents:

1 Private Wildlife Conservancies: Early Days in South Africa 18

Private wildlife conservancies in South Africa 20

Game guards and poaching: relations between conservancies and neighbouring communities 28

Towards wildlife utilisation in conservancies 32

2 Private Wildlife Conservancies in Zimbabwe and the Land Question 42

The physical features of present-day Zimbabwe 44

The Land Question in Zimbabwe, 1890-1980 47

Annexation of the Lowveld 51

Further land alienation and African responses 57

Acts of legitimation 63

The land question after independence, 1980-1992 66

New attempt to redistribute the land, 1992-1998 72

3 The Save Valley Conservancy: Genesis and the Longing for Buffalo 86

The 'inevitability' of the SVC 89

Description and formal organisation of the Save Valley Conservancy 105

Main themes within the SVC related to organisational co-operation with neighbouring communities 116

The fence 118

The SVC fence and the urge to hunt 123

The buffalo as a symbol of economic prosperity 132

4 The Save Valley Conservancy and its Neighbouring Communities: Cases of Reciprocal Exchange 152

The development of the SVC trust 154

Cases of reciprocal exchange between SVC (members) and communities 159

More examples of interaction between SVC (members) and communities 190

The further development of the joint venture between SVC and SVCT 198

5 The Politics of Gift Giving: Joint Ventures, Reciprocity and Context 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-240) and index.

ISBN:

9004136975

OCLC:

53090903