Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is titled “Exploring the efficacy of community-based natural resource
management in Salambala Conservancy, Caprivi Region, Namibia”. Salambala was
one of the first four conservancies to be registered in Namibia following the
development of legislation which enabled local people on communal lands to obtain
conditional rights for the consumptive and non-consumptive use of wildlife in their
defined area, and thereby to benefit from wildlife.
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), an approach to natural
resource management which rests on sustainable development, is the theoretical
basis for this study. Characteristics of CBNRM, a brief history of its implementation
and impacts in southern Africa and key principles for sustainable CBNRM initiatives
shall be discussed.
The study includes a discussion on the history and development of Salambala, but
focuses specifically on two issues, (i) whether Salambala is a sustainable
community-based resource management initiative as per the principles required for
sustainable CBNRM, and (ii), whether it is meeting its own stated aims and
objectives.
This study demonstrates that Salambala Conservancy is adhering to the principles
required for sustainable CBNRM and that it is, on the whole, achieving its aims and
objectives. It is thus delivering benefits to the community which, currently, outweigh
the costs of living with wildlife, and wildlife numbers are increasing. In addition, the
vast majority of local people surveyed have support for the initiative. However, there
are a few critical issues which must be addressed, such as human-wildlife conflict
and the need to increase benefits through, for example, further tourism development,
if Salambala is to continue on this path.
The methodology used during the study included interviews, the use of
questionnaires on a sample of the population and extensive documentary analysis of
both CBNRM and the history of Salambala’s development. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die navorsing is getiteld “’n Ondersoek na die doeltreffendheid van
gemeenskapsbaseerde natuurlike hulpbronbestuur in die Salambala bewaar-area in
die Caprivi streek in Namibië”. Salambala was die eerste van vier bewaar-areas wat
in Namibië geregistreer is nadat spesifieke wetgewing ontwikkel is. Hierdie
wetgewing het plaaslike inwoners in staat gestel om voorwaardelike regte op
gemeenskaplike grond te bekom om die natuur te verbruik (bv. vir jag doeleindes) of
te gebruik (bv.vir toerisme), en so baat te vind by die natuur.
Gemeenskapsgebaseerde natuurlike hulpbronbestuur (GGNHB), ‘n benadering tot
natuurlike hulpbronbestuur wat berus op volhoubare ontwikkeling, is die teoretiese
basis van hierdie studie. Kenmerke van GGNHB, ‘n kort historiese oorsig van die
implementering en impak daarvan in suidelike Afrika, asook sleutel beginsels vir
volhoubare GGNHB sal bespreek word.
Die studie sluit ook ‘n bespreking in van die geskiedenis en ontwikkeling van
Salambala, met spesifieke fokus op twee kwessies: (i) of Salambala ‘n volhoubare
gemeenskapsgebaseerde hulpbron bestuursinisiatief is soos vervat in die beginsels
vir ‘n volhoubare GGNHB; en (ii), of dit aan sy verklaarde doelwitte en oogmerke
voldoen.
Die studie toon aan dat die Salambala bewaar-area voldoen aan die beginsels wat
vereis word vir volhoubare GGNHB en dat dit, in die geheel gesien, sy beplande
doelwitte en oogmerke bereik. Dit lewer dus voordele aan die gemeenskap wat op
die oomblik meer is as die kostes verbonde aan ‘n bestaan na aan die natuur. Verder
neem die wildgetalle toe en toon ‘n opname onder die plaaslike bevolking
oorweldigende steun vir die inisiatief. Daar is egter ‘n paar kritieke kwessies wat
aandag verg, soos die konflik tussen inwoners en die wildlewe, asook die behoefte
aan meer voordele wat verkry kan word deur middel van, byvoorbeeld, verdere
toerisme-ontwikkeling - sou Salambala voortgaan met hierdie onderneming.
Die metodologie wat in die studie gebruik is sluit in onderhoude, die gebruik van
vraelyste op ‘n deursnit van die bevolking asook ‘n breedvoerige dokumentêre
analise van beide GGNHB en die geskiedenis van die Salambala se ontwikkeling.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/19593 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | De Kock, Melissa (Melissa Heyne) |
| Contributors | Ewert, Joachim, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | x, 146 leaves : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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