Parks and People in Postcolonial Societies

Ramutsindela, Maano

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“…For instance, the cross-frontier/cross-border protected areas linked to environmental networks supported by globally operated NGOs are central to this new geopolitical reality linking nature and space (Fall, 2002). "Cross-frontier parks have an economic logic, namely, the use of nature in the promotion of tourism and economic development" (Ramutsindela, 2004). These transboundary protected areas were constructed discursively by the different "relations and links within heterogeneous social networks that included both human and non-human actors" (Fall, 2005).…”

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“…The eco-frontier can be located in a borderland (Guyot 2011) and be constituted by environmental cross-border cooperation (Laslaz, 2009). Interesting examples of ecofrontiers and conservation area have been studied on the borders between Argentina and Chile (Miniconi and Guyot, 2010), Bolivia and neighbouring countries (Bruslé, 2007), Canada and the USA (Moumaneix, 2007), South Africa and neighbouring countries (Ramutsindela, 2004), and Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine (Fall, 2005;Turnock 2001;Więckowski 2002).…”

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Eco-frontier in the mountainous borderlands of Central Europe

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2013

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Eco-frontier in the mountainous borderlands of Central Europe

Więckowski¹

2013

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“…Horvei 1998) and with the Limpopo and Kgalagadi Transfrontier Parks in particular (cf. Koch 1998, Wolmer 2003, Ramutsindela 2004a, 2004b. South African-based mobile phone and television companies have also established powerful positions across and beyond the southern African region, providing greatly improved telecommunications but -along with South African retail penetration -renewing concerns about the extent of market penetration and the undermining of local commercial interests (Ahwireng-Obeng andMcGowan 1998, Simon 2001).…”

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The changing context for regional integration in southern Africa: how adaptive are its regional institutions?

Simon

2010

South African Geographical Journal

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This commentary examines the performance of southern Africa's regional institutions against the backdrop of the changing regional context since the late 1990s. The first section reflects on the relationship between successive geopolitical changes and efforts to keep the Southern African Customs Union, Southern African Development Coordination Conference and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa relevant over time, as well as the frequent mismatch between the ambitions for regional integration institutions and the evolving realities. Thereafter, I consider how far the optimism that post-apartheid South Africa would transform itself from regional pariah to leading partner in reaping collective peace dividends has been borne out, using the examples of recent trends in conflict and instability, in nationalism and nation building and in infrastructure and communications. Finally, the fitness of current institutions to address new challenges in the form of global environmental/climate change, the ongoing urbanisation and the increasing engagements by China and India in the region is assessed.

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“…Some of the motivating factors for privatisation of parks and reserves are "increasing the amount of land for nature conservation, relieving the state from the costs involved in protected areas, and marketing products of nature." 67 However, this should not blind us to the economic factor, that is, profit generation, which also underlies private interest. 68 Pearce notes the following regarding the economic benefits of wildlife, which should alert us to the structures of coloniality:…”

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“…No significant attempts have been made to rename the Kruger National Park, and attempts to remove the statues of colonial apartheid figures such as Paul Kruger, Piet Grobler, and James Steven-son-Hamilton, have ended in failure. 70 To fail to redefine our landscape is to let the colonial legacy continue to define the relationship between humans and nature in our African context.…”

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