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Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area

This research investigates how environmental consultancies frame participation as a tool for project implementation using a cross-border conservation initiative as a case study. The study focuses on the facilitation process led by Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants during the establishment of the...

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Main Author: Classen Monique, Ann
Other Authors: Ramutsindela, Maano
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Environmental and Geographical Science 2017
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description This research investigates how environmental consultancies frame participation as a tool for project implementation using a cross-border conservation initiative as a case study. The study focuses on the facilitation process led by Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants during the establishment of the /Ai-/Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area. This study analyzes the promise of participation as a crucial component for Transfrontier Conservation Areas. Analyzing participation of the Richtersvelders is necessary for understanding the work that was carried out and how it was experienced by the stakeholders. The study refers to participation in conservancies in community-based resource management, where the role of non-government organizations and environmental consultancies is well established. Primary data were collected through qualitative document analysis, semi-structured interviews with members of the four communities and with Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants. The findings of the study are that there was a strong attempt towards an all-inclusive bottom-up approach to participation. However, such the success of such an approach was hampered by local mismanagement, politics of money, and a marketing strategy favoring the South African National Parks and the Transfrontier Conservation project.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25187 Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area Classen Monique, Ann Ramutsindela, Maano Environment, Sustainability and Society This research investigates how environmental consultancies frame participation as a tool for project implementation using a cross-border conservation initiative as a case study. The study focuses on the facilitation process led by Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants during the establishment of the /Ai-/Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area. This study analyzes the promise of participation as a crucial component for Transfrontier Conservation Areas. Analyzing participation of the Richtersvelders is necessary for understanding the work that was carried out and how it was experienced by the stakeholders. The study refers to participation in conservancies in community-based resource management, where the role of non-government organizations and environmental consultancies is well established. Primary data were collected through qualitative document analysis, semi-structured interviews with members of the four communities and with Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants. The findings of the study are that there was a strong attempt towards an all-inclusive bottom-up approach to participation. However, such the success of such an approach was hampered by local mismanagement, politics of money, and a marketing strategy favoring the South African National Parks and the Transfrontier Conservation project. 2017-09-14T12:20:11Z 2017-09-14T12:20:11Z 2017 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25187 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
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title Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area
title_full Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area
title_fullStr Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area
title_full_unstemmed Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area
title_short Eco-Africa and facilitated community participation in the /AI-/AIS Richtersveld Transfrontier Conservation Area
title_sort eco africa and facilitated community participation in the ai ais richtersveld transfrontier conservation area
topic Environment, Sustainability and Society
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25187
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