Moral and discursive geographies in the war for biodiversity in Africa

Neumann, Roderick P.

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2004.05.011

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“…Instrumental aspects in this case include insuffi cient domestic animals, lack of funds for purchasing meat, and pressure to pay high VDCs, combined with low risk of getting caught. Inability to pay VDCs, school fees, etc., has been cited as the reason for bushmeat hunting in other locations (Loibooki et al 2002;Neumann 2004). Normative aspects include suspected embezzlement with VNRC and village funds.…”

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Improving the conservation status of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania? The effect of joint forest management on bushmeat hunting in the Kilombero nature reserve

Nielsen

2011

Conservat Soc

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This study examines the effect of Joint Forest Management (JFM) in a component of the Kilombero Nature Reserve recently gazetted to improve the conservation status of high biodiversity forests in the Udzungwa Mountains of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. The evaluation is based on a temporal comparison spanning seven years of JFM and establishment of a Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) ranger station, using bushmeat hunting as an indicator. Results reveal that the number of active hunters had declined, primarily due to TANAPA's patrolling. But hunting effort had been displaced from hunting with fi rearms in the grassland to hunting with traps and dogs in the forests, thus increasing the threat to endemic species. Hunters perceived few benefi ts from JFM, and the new opportunities were largely unused, inaccessible and communal in nature. Suspicions of embezzlement of JFM funds, and high village development contributions were important drivers of continuing hunting. Dissatisfi ed with JFM, most inactive hunters actually preferred that TANAPA manage the forest instead. Considerable attention to correcting these problems is required before this model of JFM should be scaled up and implemented in the remaining villages surrounding the Kilombero Nature Reserve.

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Improving the conservation status of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania? The effect of joint forest management on bushmeat hunting in the Kilombero nature reserve

Nielsen

2011

Conservat Soc

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“…It is clear that greater levels of enforcement by states, NGOs or private sector operators may produce 'quick wins' in the short term. However, the danger is that such heavy handed tactics will be counter-productive and alienate local communities in the longer term (Hutton, Adams and Murombedzi, 2005; Duffy forthcoming; Roe et al 2010;Neumann 2004;Butt, 2012;Lunstrum, 2013;Peluso, 1993;Dressler at al, 2010). Further, in the case of the rhino wars in the Zambezi Valley in the 1990s, local communities claimed they were 'caught in the crossfire' between organised poachers and parks agencies; they were in the area collecting grass, wild food plants or hunting small game and were mistaken for commercial rhino hunters (Duffy, 2010: 103;Bonner, 1993); in the Liwonde National park in Malawi, South African private military company personnel were used to train the park rangers; and later parks staff were implicated in over 300 deaths, 325 disappearances, 250 rapes and numerous instances of torture between 1998-2000 in the Liwonde National Park alone (Neumann, 2004: 830).…”

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Poverty, poaching and trafficking: what are the links?

Duffy¹,

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2013

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“…Recent evidence however, also indicates that African protected areas generally have failed to mitigate human-induced threats to large mammal populations (6). In many cases national parks have been established in order to fulfil idealized images of nature, social constructions that is, of what the wild environment should look like (7)(8)(9)(10)(11) Typically, these parks have been established in areas with high scenic qualities and often with high densities of wildlife populations. The role of tourism has been critical for achieving sufficient support and legitimacy for making controversial land use decisions, often with major impacts on local people [12][13][14].…”

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The Attitudes of Tourists towards the Environmental, Social and Managerial Attributes of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Kaltenborn

Nyahongo

Kideghesho

2011

Tropical Conservation Science

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Serengeti National Park is a world class icon for wildlife tourism attracting a diverse group of tourists from all over the world. The park has played a pivotal role in protecting large populations of wildlife species of the Eastern African savannah and the globally outstanding biological phenomena such as the annual migration of wildebeest. However, the history of the park is also characterised by resource use conflicts and pressures that could threaten the current quality of the visitor environment. In this paper we examine the attitudes of international visitors toward the management and attributes of the park. Overall, the tourists report a high degree of satisfaction with most aspects of their trip. Yet, the current tourists are concerned about possible future changes that could alter the visitor environment and idealized images of the African wild lands. Basic environmental attitudes (degrees of ecocentrism) have effects on attitudes toward management of the park. Tourists expressing a high degree of ecocentrism are more likely to support management actions aimed at controlling tourism activities, access and impacts. They also express a stronger interest in experiencing nature, wilderness and local culture. The results are discussed in light of the major impact factors and conservation issues facing the management of Serengeti National Park; poaching, poverty in surrounding communities, increasing population pressure, habitat degradation, and wildlife diseases.

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Moral and discursive geographies in the war for biodiversity in Africa

Cited by 219 publications

References 14 publications

Improving the conservation status of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania? The effect of joint forest management on bushmeat hunting in the Kilombero nature reserve

Improving the conservation status of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania? The effect of joint forest management on bushmeat hunting in the Kilombero nature reserve

Poverty, poaching and trafficking: what are the links?

The Attitudes of Tourists towards the Environmental, Social and Managerial Attributes of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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