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Factors influencing local communities' perceptions towards conservation of transboundary wildlife resources: the case of the Great Limpopo Trans-frontier Conservation Area
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- Ntuli, H. (author)
- School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Cape Town, South Africa. Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Jagers, Sverker C., 1967 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science,Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg. Centre for Collective Action Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg
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- Linell, Amanda (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science,Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg. Centre for Collective Action Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg
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- Sjöstedt, Martin, 1977 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science,Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg. Centre for Collective Action Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg
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- Muchapondwa, Edwin (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Samhällsvetenskap,School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Cape Town, South Africa. Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Cape Town, South Africa Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Statsvetenskapliga institutionen (creator_code:org_t)
- 2019-07-02
- 2019
- English.
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In: Biodiversity and Conservation. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0960-3115 .- 1572-9710. ; 28:11, s. 2977-3003
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Abstract
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- Local communities' perceptions of protected areas are important determinants of the success of conservation efforts in Southern Africa, as these perceptions affect people's attitudes and behaviour with respect to conservation. As a result, the involvement of local communities in transboundary wildlife conservation is now viewed as an integral part of regional development initiatives. Building on unique survey data and applying regression analysis, this paper investigates the determinants of the perceptions of local communities around the Great Limpopo Trans-frontier Conservation Area in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Our results illustrate that people perceiving the park as well-managed tend to have more positive perceptions regarding the benefits from the park, rules governing the park, and wildlife conservation in general. Household expertise on resource extraction, in turn, tends to make people more likely to perceive environmental crime as morally acceptable. Furthermore, the results indicate that if people perceive the rules of the park in a negative way, then they are less likely to conserve wildlife. Receiving benefits from the park has a positive impact on people's perceptions of the rules governing the park, as well as on their perception of wildlife conservation in general, but not on perceptions about environmental crime. Surprisingly, perceived high levels of corruption is positively associated with people's perception of wildlife benefits and with perceptions of that environmental crime is morally justified. There is also evidence of the role of socioeconomic variables on people's perceptions towards wildlife. However, unobservable contextual factors could be responsible for explaining part of the variation in people's perceptions. Our results speak to the literature on large-scale collective action since perceptions of wildlife benefits, corruption, environmental crime, park management and rules governing the parks, all affect local communities' ability and willingness to self organize. These variables are interesting because they can be influenced by policy through training and awareness campaigns.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Perceptions
- Attitudes
- Behaviour
- Collective action
- Transfrontier conservation area
- pro-environmental behavior
- protected areas
- national-park
- tourism
- development
- management
- attitudes
- governance
- africa
- people
- institutions
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Perceptions
- Economics
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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