Tourism as an incentive for rewilding: the conversion from cattle to game farms in Limpopo province, South Africa

Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert; Meintjes, Daniel; Kelso, Clare; Fitchett, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1080/14724049.2018.1502297

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Section: Rewilding's Potential For Reconciling Nature Conservation An...mentioning

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“…For example, it has been argued that especially in economically and structurally weak regions, characterised by rural depopulation and land abandonment, rewilding areas may provide novel opportunities to land management (Navarro & Pereira, 2015), for example paludiculture (Rowan et al, 2022) or alternative, non‐resource‐based sources of income based on recreational experiences and tourism (see, e.g. Hoogendoorn et al, 2019; Kaae et al, 2019). Furthermore, it has been shown that rewilding can be a more cost‐effective approach to biodiversity conservation in comparison to agri‐environmental schemes, for example subsidised grazing—even without consideration of additional socio‐economic benefits associated with regulating or cultural ecosystem services—(see Schou et al, 2020) and that perceived economic benefits may positively influence local conservation attitudes (Job et al, 2021; Mayer & Stoll‐Kleemann, 2016).…”

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Towards a holistic approach to rewilding in cultural landscapes

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In recent years, rewilding has been attracting growing attention as novel, process‐oriented concept supporting ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation. Rewilding aims to strengthen the adaptive capacity of ecosystems by restoring natural processes and withdrawing anthropogenic interventions. Yet, diverging understandings, conceptions and definitions of rewilding result in a somewhat fuzzy concept. So far, the scientific discussion focused primarily on biological and ecological effects and success factors of rewilding. However, particularly in Europe, which is characterised by densely populated areas and a long history of landscape cultivation, rewilding affects also socio‐economic and socio‐cultural dimensions Based on a synthesis of current scientific publications, we argue that rewilding should be understood as an increase in wildness, that is restoring the autonomy of natural processes and self‐sustaining ecosystems in order to overcome the improper dualistic understanding of human‐nature relationships in which humanity is outside of nature. We identify knowledge gaps and emphasise the need for inter‐ and transdisciplinary research on rewilding to develop a holistic approach to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration. In this context, we particularly emphasise the temporal dynamics of changes in landscapes, which are often long‐term and therefore difficult to monitor, the openness of rewilding processes and the associated uncertainty about end states, as well as the complexity of human‐nature relations and the associated value pluralism. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Towards a holistic approach to rewilding in cultural landscapes

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“…With urbanisation continuing apace in Africa, and the effects of government grants on rural livelihoods, game farming and re-wilding are likely to become increasingly attractive options for conservation (Hoogendoorn et al 2019) (though the effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic on these options remain to be seen (Lindsey et al 2020)). Palaeoecologists can help managers decide what should the landscapes look like, and how many herbivores there should be (Hempson et al 2015;Venter et al 2017).…”

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“…In addition, it has been applied to describe the active greening or 'development' of informal urban greenspace which is often associated with urban land abandonment (Danford, Strohbach, Warren, & Ryan, 2018;Hall, 2013;Hwang, Yue, Ling, & Tan, 2019;Kowarik, 2018;Müller, Bøcher, Fischer, & Svenning, 2018;Threlfall & Kendal, 2018), the psychological benefits of contact with natural areas and 'wild' informal greenspace (Kahn & Hasbach, 2013), and a broader social movement that seeks to provide a more caring and compassionate perspective on humans relationships with animals and with each other (Bekoff, 2014). A final and most recent theme in the different approaches to rewilding, and which is the subject this special issue of Journal of Ecotourism, is the commodification of rewilded ecosystems, landscapes and species as tourist attractions (Koninx, 2018;Pellis, 2019), perhaps best exemplified by game parks (Hoogendoorn et al, 2018).…”

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“…,Pope (2014),Blenkinsop, Fettes, and Kentel (2015),Pinto (2017) andBrown (2019) Informal urban greenspace Current UrbanDanford et al (2018),Dawney (2019),Maller and Farahani (2018) and Kaae, Holm, Caspersen, and Gulsrud (2019) Psychological and societal benefits of human contact with wild and informal commoditisation of ecosystems, landscapes and species as attractions for tourist consumption Current AnyHall (2015),Whittle, Stewart, and Fisher (2015),Hoogendoorn, Meintjes, Kelso, and Fitchett (2018),Koninx (2018), Escalante-Pliego, Arias-Montero, Cortez-Contreras, Cantú-Guzmán, and Rodríguez-Mouriño (2019) andPellis (2019) Note: Categories partly based on Jørgensen (2015).…”

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Tourism and rewilding: an introduction – definition, issues and review

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Rewilding is an increasingly significant normative concept in biological conservation, environmental planning and urban greenspace studies. Originally developed in relation to ecological restoration theory and practice the term has developed over time and has come to be used in a range of environmental discourses. Along with other ecosystem services tourism provides a major economic justification for rewilding, although specific studies on rewilding and tourism are limited. In introducing this special issue of Journal of Ecotourism on tourism and rewilding attention is given to the main definitions and approaches to rewilding, their application, and some of the issues that emerge, including contestation over not only how rewilding is framed but also the implications of the (re)introduction of wild animals. Rewilding therefore provides new opportunities to examine the nature-culture relationship and the ethics, management and policies associated with tourism's embeddedness in ecological restoration practices and the framing of the wild.

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Tourism as an incentive for rewilding: the conversion from cattle to game farms in Limpopo province, South Africa

Cited by 20 publications

References 24 publications

Towards a holistic approach to rewilding in cultural landscapes

Towards a holistic approach to rewilding in cultural landscapes

Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics – The African Pollen Database

Tourism and rewilding: an introduction – definition, issues and review

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