Heads or tails? Stakeholder analysis as a tool for conservation area management

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dc.contributor.authorMushove, P.en
dc.contributor.authorVogel, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:28Zen
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractConservation areas are crucial for the maintenance of local communities' life-support systems. Such areas also, however, constitute potential carbon sinks in regions undergoing significant and complex land-cover and land-use changes. In Africa, most conservation areas are subject to conflicting land-uses due to complex land tenure relationships, misdirected and ineffective policies and legislation, and human encroachment. Stakeholder analysis in such areas, taking the form of an environmental conflict management model in which stakeholders engage each other in a negotiation process, building mutual trust around areas of common interest and eventually forging mutually beneficial partnerships, can be used to better understand land-use conflicts. In a case study of a forest reserve in Mozambique, it was concluded that stakeholders define themselves with reference to their geographical location, political mandates and socio-cultural and economic interests with respect to the conservation area. The level of mistrust among stakeholders before the start of the project is directly proportional to the amount of time required to build and nurse mutual trust. Such dynamics are shown to be critical in effective management and use of conservation areas.en
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dc.identifier1688en
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Environmental Change 15(3): 184-198en
dc.identifier.issn0959-3780en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66287en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, NY: Elsevier Science Ltd.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2005 by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectResource management toolsen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectLocal governanceen
dc.subjectStakeholdersen
dc.subjectEnvironmental conflicten
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleHeads or tails? Stakeholder analysis as a tool for conservation area managementen
dc.typeAbstracten
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