Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice
Abstract Calling on the concept of environmental justice in its distributive, procedural and recognition dimensions, we implemented a coelaborative scenario building approach to explore sustainable livelihoods pathways in four sites belonging to two Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southe...
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| author | Robin Bourgeois Chloé Guerbois Nicia Giva Prisca Mugabe Billy Mukamuri Richard Fynn William’s Daré Moseki Motsholapheko Lerato Nare Etienne Delay Raphaëlle Ducrot Joaquim Bucuane Sara Mercandalli Christophe Le Page Alexandre Caron |
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| description | Abstract Calling on the concept of environmental justice in its distributive, procedural and recognition dimensions, we implemented a coelaborative scenario building approach to explore sustainable livelihoods pathways in four sites belonging to two Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa. Grounded on participation and transdisciplinarity, as a foundation for decolonised anticipatory action research, we aimed at stimulating knowledge exchange and providing insights on the future of local livelihoods engaging experts living within these TFCAs. Our results show that wildlife and wildlife‐related activities are not seen as the primary drivers of local livelihoods, despite the focus and investments of dominant stakeholders in these sectors. Instead, local governance and land use regulations emerged as key drivers in the four study sites. The state of natural resources, including water, and appropriate farming systems also appeared critical to sustain future livelihoods in TFCAs, together with the recognition of indigenous culture, knowledge and value systems. Nature conservation, especially in Africa, is rooted in its colonial past and struggles to free or decolonise itself from the habits of this past despite decades of reconsideration. To date, the enduring coloniality of conservation prevents local citizens from truly participating in the planning and designing of the TFCAs they live in, leaving room for limited benefits to local citizens and often limiting Indigenous people's capacity to conserve. A practical way forward is to consider environmental justice as a cement between the two pillars of the TFCA concept, that is, nature conservation and socio‐economic development of local or neighbouring communities, as part of a more broadly and urgent need to rethink the relationships between people in, and with, the rest of nature. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79a48e84a8334b13878cdb5b9abe2abd2023-04-03T08:43:59ZengWileyPeople and Nature2575-83142023-04-015272674110.1002/pan3.10446Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justiceRobin Bourgeois0Chloé Guerbois1Nicia Giva2Prisca Mugabe3Billy Mukamuri4Richard Fynn5William’s Daré6Moseki Motsholapheko7Lerato Nare8Etienne Delay9Raphaëlle Ducrot10Joaquim Bucuane11Sara Mercandalli12Christophe Le Page13Alexandre Caron14CIRAD, UMR ART‐Dev Saint Louis SenegalSustainability Research Unit Nelson Mandela University George South AfricaFaculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Maputo MozambiqueFaculty of Animal Sciences University of Zimbabwe Harare ZimbabweCentre for Applied Social Sciences University of Zimbabwe Harare ZimbabweOkavango Research Institute University of Botswana Maun BotswanaCIRAD UMR SENS MUSE Montpellier FranceOkavango Research Institute University of Botswana Maun BotswanaInstitute of Development Studies National University of Science and Technology Bulawayo ZimbabweCIRAD UMR SENS MUSE Montpellier FranceCIRAD UMR SENS MUSE Montpellier FranceFaculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Maputo MozambiqueART‐Dev, Univ Montpellier, CNRS Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, CIRAD Montpellier FranceCIRAD UMR SENS MUSE Montpellier FranceForêts et Sociétés Univ Montpellier, CIRAD Montpellier FranceAbstract Calling on the concept of environmental justice in its distributive, procedural and recognition dimensions, we implemented a coelaborative scenario building approach to explore sustainable livelihoods pathways in four sites belonging to two Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa. Grounded on participation and transdisciplinarity, as a foundation for decolonised anticipatory action research, we aimed at stimulating knowledge exchange and providing insights on the future of local livelihoods engaging experts living within these TFCAs. Our results show that wildlife and wildlife‐related activities are not seen as the primary drivers of local livelihoods, despite the focus and investments of dominant stakeholders in these sectors. Instead, local governance and land use regulations emerged as key drivers in the four study sites. The state of natural resources, including water, and appropriate farming systems also appeared critical to sustain future livelihoods in TFCAs, together with the recognition of indigenous culture, knowledge and value systems. Nature conservation, especially in Africa, is rooted in its colonial past and struggles to free or decolonise itself from the habits of this past despite decades of reconsideration. To date, the enduring coloniality of conservation prevents local citizens from truly participating in the planning and designing of the TFCAs they live in, leaving room for limited benefits to local citizens and often limiting Indigenous people's capacity to conserve. A practical way forward is to consider environmental justice as a cement between the two pillars of the TFCA concept, that is, nature conservation and socio‐economic development of local or neighbouring communities, as part of a more broadly and urgent need to rethink the relationships between people in, and with, the rest of nature. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10446futuresgovernancelocal communitiesparticipatory approachprotected areasrecognition justice |
| spellingShingle | Robin Bourgeois Chloé Guerbois Nicia Giva Prisca Mugabe Billy Mukamuri Richard Fynn William’s Daré Moseki Motsholapheko Lerato Nare Etienne Delay Raphaëlle Ducrot Joaquim Bucuane Sara Mercandalli Christophe Le Page Alexandre Caron Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice People and Nature futures governance local communities participatory approach protected areas recognition justice |
| title | Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice |
| title_full | Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice |
| title_fullStr | Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice |
| title_short | Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A call for more environmental justice |
| title_sort | using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in transfrontier conservation areas a call for more environmental justice |
| topic | futures governance local communities participatory approach protected areas recognition justice |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10446 |
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