South African National Parks2016-04-192016-04-192007-06-262357_Makuleke_tourism_initiatives.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66847As part of the South African land reform program, negotiations with the SANP for the restitution of the Makuleke region to the Makuleke community started in the mid 1990's. The Makuleke land claim was settled in late 1998, in which the Makuleke people regained formal title to 24,000 ha of land in the northern part of the KNP. The land was de-proclaimed, and subsequently re-proclaimed as a Contractual Park in 1999. In exchange for full ownership, the Makuleke agreed to let the land remain part of the KNP, under joint SANP/Makuleke management control for a period of 50 years. In addition, the Makuleke community committed themselves to maintain the land for conservation use, and not use the land for either residential or agricultural purposes.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightPayments for environmental servicesCommunity developmentIndigenous communityEcotourismBiodiversityCommunity-public-private partnershipPro-poorCommunity-based tourismEcosystemWorking paper