Place, belonging and population displacement: new ecological reserves in Mozambique and South Africa

Teresa Connor

Development Southern Africa, 2005, vol. 22, issue 3, 365-382

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect the proclamation of conserved areas in southern Africa may have on the ability of inhabitants in these areas to retain control of ancestral territory and to access long-standing livelihood options in the future. In particular, it examines how two national parks (in South Africa and Mozambique) effect a change in ownership and land use, and the resulting impact of such a change on local socio-cultural patterns of identity, or 'place'. This is achieved by examining the dilemma confronting social and ecological scientists in planning these parks - where interventionist policies often deny customary tenure of land and thus prevent a thorough understanding of any historical claims to land prior to actual proclamation of the area. Accordingly, this paper argues for greater cooperation between social and ecological researchers in order to prevent the politicisation of national reserves and the intense opposition that has accompanied most instances of population displacement in the subcontinent.

Date: 2005
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