Towards Resolving Local Community and Protected Area Management Conflicts: Lessons from the Chitsa community and Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe

Never Muboko and Gavin J Bradshaw

International Journal of Development and Conflict, 2018, vol. 8, issue 2, 62-79

Abstract: Conservation-based conflicts between the Chitsa community and Gonarezhou National Park in the south-east lowveld of Zimbabwe remain unresolved. Using historical records, structured interviews and key informant interviews we assess the respondents' positions on three issues; whether the key drivers to the Chitsa/GNP conflict remain consistent over time, the effects of the human settlement in the GNP on biodiversity conservation, and reactions to the proposed game fence designed to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts. Overall, our results indicate no significant changes on respondents' attitudes on key drivers to the Chitsa/GNP conflict between 2000 and 2012. Human settlement in the park threaten conservation efforts, and mixed views on the proposed game fence are observed. We conclude that attitudes towards the key conflict drivers to the Chitsa/GNP conflict remain largely consistent over the study period and activities threatening conservation efforts increased in the park due to human settlement.

Keywords: Biodiversity; Community; Conflict; Conservation; Contested Land; Protected Areas. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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