Towards an Arid Eden? Boundary making, governance and benefit sharing and
                        the political ecology of the “new commons” of Kunene Region, Northern
                        Namibia

Bollig, Michael

doi:10.18352/ijc.702

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“…The theory promul-gated by Elinor Ostrom had proven that sustainable rural resource management was possible on a common pool management basis if certain conditions were met (Ostrom's design principles) and neo-liberal thinkers alleged that market solutions would fit well to solve economic, social and ecological problems of rural communities. The architects of Namibia's conservancies, commons focused on game (see Bollig 2016), were, for example, directly inspired by Ostrom (Jones 2010). Deduced from Ostrom's design principles but also informed by global developmental concerns about participation, ownership and accountability, blueprint formulas (see Schnegg and Linke 2016) were packaged at a global level and then translated into national legislation and finally communicated to and adjusted by local actors.…”

Section: Top-down: Co-managed Pastoral Commonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The “new pastoral commons” of Eastern and Southern Africa

Bollig

Lesorogol

2016

Int J Commons

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Section: Top-down: Co-managed Pastoral Commonsmentioning

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The “new pastoral commons” of Eastern and Southern Africa

Bollig

Lesorogol

2016

Int J Commons

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“…groups of households with joint title to a piece of land) and, in some places, complete privatization of land into individual parcels. Similar changes have occurred in other rangelands in Kenya (Mwangi 2007;Homewood et al 2009), East and Southern Africa (McCabe et al 2010;Bollig 2016) and in other pastoral systems, such as in Mongolia and China (Fernandez-Gimenez 2002;Williams 2002). An important question is whether the moves toward privatization effectively put an end to the commons, and thus to extensive pastoral livestock production, as many scholars of pastoralism would predict.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 61%

Which Way Forward? Using simulation models and ethnography to understand changing livelihoods among Kenyan pastoralists in a “new commons”

Lesorogol

Boone

2016

Int J Commons

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Over the last several decades there has been a transformation of the Samburu pastoral commons to new forms of land tenure and use. Government led land adjudication in the 1970s and 1980s established new forms of land ownership including group ranches and, in some places, complete privatization of land into individual parcels. An important question is what forms of land use and social relations emerge in the wake of land adjudication, and with what consequences? Can a "new commons" arise following transformation of the traditional commons? We address these questions by examining the aftermath of privatization in a Samburu community. Through ethnographic observations and interviews, we gain insight into peoples' understanding of land use and current norms and practices and propose two diverse visions of the future -the "pastoralist imperative" of continued extensive livestock production and "future farmers" seeking a more settled, crop and wage labour-based livelihood. Using computer simulation models of the environment and households we conduct scenario analyses tracing the effects of land use practices and choices resulting from these different perspectives on variables such as livestock wealth, household income and food requirements, and ecological resources including grasses and shrubs. Our analysis suggests that privatization has yielded a "new commons" combining elements of individual ownership with shared management. These institutional innovations enable a continuation of extensive livestock production with new livelihood strategies that include a degree of land enclosure such as cultivation and land leasing. The analysis indicates that seemingly contradictory norms and practices 748Carolyn K. Lesorogol and Randall B. Boone can co-exist on the same land allowing considerable flexibility in production of livestock and crops. However, the models also demonstrate the limits that may be reached, particularly if common access is heavily curtailed.

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“…We will address that in some degree in this paper. (2) The vast literature on community studies (Guyer, 1981;Leach, Mearns, & Scoones, 1997;Ostrom, 1992;Poteete & Ostrom, 2004) and community-based natural resource conservation in Namibia (Bollig, 2016;de Vette et al, 2012;Kiaka, 2018;Schnegg, 2018) clearly brings to the fore that communities are often socially differentiated and are entangled in struggles with others, including outsiders over the monitoring of resource extraction activities and the (re)distribution of the proceeds. Abuya (2017) showed this perfectly for a situation in Kenya.…”

Section: Frontiers As Spaces Of Negotiation or Arenasmentioning

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“…Access to mining sites has to be negotiated with representatives of communities that are organised in Conservancies. Conservancies are by law conceived as territory-based communities governed by a constitution that specifies and codifies the roles of managers and elected committees in the day-to-day management (Bollig, 2016;Nuulimba & Taylor, 2015). In a registered communal conservancy, the rights over the land are limited to its utilisation rights over the wildlife on its territory.…”

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Mining on communal land as a new frontier –a case study of the Kunene Region, Namibia

Odendaal

Hebinck

2019

Journal of Land Use Science

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This paper is about mining under communal ownership which makes this kind of mining a new mining frontier. The newness of the frontier is that it has introduced a series of institutional complexities that is uncommon to artisanal and large-scale mining. Mining companies have to negotiate deals with communities and their leaders to be able to prospect for mineral resources. We also argue that the state's environmental legislation is poorly harmonised with the prevalent conditions in communal areas where mining is gaining greater importance. Legislation remains silent on the rights of those living on communal land. These rights remain in a state of confusion with often negative effects on the local communities who are exposed to a number of duplicating development programmes and legislative structures. The aim of this paper is to explore the dynamics communal mining in the Kunene Region in north-western Namibia. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Towards an Arid Eden? Boundary making, governance and benefit sharing and the political ecology of the “new commons” of Kunene Region, Northern Namibia

Cited by 35 publications

References 8 publications

The “new pastoral commons” of Eastern and Southern Africa

The “new pastoral commons” of Eastern and Southern Africa

Which Way Forward? Using simulation models and ethnography to understand changing livelihoods among Kenyan pastoralists in a “new commons”

Mining on communal land as a new frontier –a case study of the Kunene Region, Namibia

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