Land restitution and income generation in protected areas in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Mirjam de Koning and Frik De Beer

Development in Practice, 2014, vol. 24, issue 1, 118-128

Abstract: In many cases protected areas in South Africa have been established with little or no regard for communities living in or adjacent to them. The new challenge to protection of biodiversity is to find an equitable balance between conservation, beneficiation of the new land owners, and “balancing the books”. This article discusses the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve as a case study to illustrate some of the potential outcomes that co-management of protected areas can offer towards income generation, and highlights challenges towards success: it asks, can co-management be financially sustainable for both the conservation agency and the land claimants?

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.866214

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