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Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region
Includes bibliographical references.
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2014
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| author | Jivanji, Yogini |
| author2 | Ramutsindela, Maano |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/9104 Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region Jivanji, Yogini Ramutsindela, Maano Includes bibliographical references. South Africa’s game ranching industry is perceived both positively and negatively. Positive perceptions of the industry exist owing to the argument that game ranching carries the prospect of augmenting sustainable conservation. Notwithstanding, negative associations of the industry arise from a growing body of evidence that game ranchers are thwarting the land reform process by fencing off their land to secure game ownership . Such perceptions are embedded within a sense of tension; wherein, if game ranching practices are a form of conservation, then such conservation practices may be contributing to conflict over land ownership and associated land usage. Accordingly, further investigation to ascertain what ranching practices entail and furthermore, what sustainable conservation involves could clarify the tension. A contextual analysis of ranching in the Mapungubwe region was thus sought. Fieldwork involving interviews with available key informants was conducted in the region. It was found, firstly, that a conceptual tension underpins game ranching; secondly, not all ranching can be deemed sustainable conservation and finally, that the sustainability of ranching itself is conditioned upon a range of factors. Tension between game ranching and land reform was discovered; yet such tension could not be attributed to nor felt by all of the key informants interviewed. It was concluded that tension is indeed present, but the tension is multi-dimensional in nature. 2014-11-05T03:41:29Z 2014-11-05T03:41:29Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9104 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Jivanji, Yogini Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region |
| title_full | Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region |
| title_fullStr | Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region |
| title_short | Game ranching and land reform : Claims for the land exclaim tension : a case study of the Mapungubwe region |
| title_sort | game ranching and land reform claims for the land exclaim tension a case study of the mapungubwe region |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9104 |
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