Protected Areas and Tourism in Southern Africa

ISBN-13: 9781032044347 / Miękka / 2023 / 292 str.

Opis

This volume discusses the complex relationship between Protected Areas and tourism and their impact on community livelihoods in a range of countries in Southern Africa.

Spis treści

1. Protected Areas and tourism dynamics in southern Africa: An overview  PART 1: COMMUNITY-PA RELATIONS: IMPACTS ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES  2. Protected areas and tourism development: A historical analysis of the Southern African Experience  3. Community perceptions of protected areas and tourism amidst poverty: Experiences from Southern Africa  4. Ecotourism as a paradigm shift in conservation and community livelihoods in the Southern African region: Opportunities, challenges and lessons learnt  5. Tolerance for wildlife resources through community wildlife-based tourism: Implications for sustainability  PART 2: PROTECTED AREAS, TOURISM AND HUMAN–WILDLIFE CONFLICTS DYNAMICS  6. Landscape governance in sub-Saharan Africa  7. In the way of wildlife: Contestations between Indigenous Peoples’ livelihood and conservation  8. The socio-economic impacts of wildlife crop-raiding: An assessment of the efficacy of conservation and agricultural land uses reconciliation  9. Protected areas and community-based tourism: The effectiveness of current mitigation techniques in human wildlife conflicts  PART 3: MANAGING THE WILDLIFE ECONOMY: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA  10. Lifting of the hunting ban and the elephant debate in Botswana: Implications for conservation and development in southern Africa  11. The role of the media and the international community in recent conservation issues in Southern Africa: The case of Cecil the lion  12. Nature-based tourism resources and climate change in Southern Africa: Implications for conservation and development sustainability  13. International organisations and the ivory sales ban debate: The case of Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana  14. The COVID-19 pandemic and nature-based tourism in Southern Africa  PART 4: Protected areas and tourism practices: Policy and practice  15. The adoption of community-based tourism in the proximity of protected areas: Implications for policy and practice  16. Militarization of conservation and 'shoot to kill' policies: An analysis of the rights of African states to protect and conserve wildlife  17. Implications of the 'high-value, low-volume' approach in conservation and tourism resources management  18. Promotion of pro-poor tourism in Southern Africa: Conservation and development critical issues  19. Contrasting safari and bushmeat hunting in Southern Africa: Conservation and development issues  PART 5: CONCLUSION  20. A synthesis of protected areas and tourism contributions to conservation and community livelihoods goals in Southern Africa: A conclusion

O autorze

Lesego Senyana Stone is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management in the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Botswana.

Moren Tibabo Stone is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana.

Patricia Kefilwe Mogomotsi is an Associate Professor in Natural Resources Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Botswana.

Goemeone E. J. Mogomotsi is an Associate Professor in International Environmental Policy and Senior Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor in the University of Botswana.