CONSERVATION

Palmer, R., Timmermans, H. & Fay, D. (eds). (2002) From conflict to negotiation: nature-based development on South Africa's wild coast. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council.

This book provides a South African case study of the shift from protectionism to sustainable development in the 1990s. Located on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape, Dwesa-Cwebe consists of a nature and marine reserve with eight adjacent resident communities that have historically depended on local forest, grassland and coastal resources. The book details the findings of this pioneering resea...

Palmer, R., Fay, D., Timmermans, H., Lewis, F. & Viljoen, J. (2001) Regaining the forests: reform and development from 1994 to 2001. In: Palmer, R., Timmermans, H. & Fay, D. (eds). From conflict to negotiation: nature-based development on South Africa's wild coast. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. 110-142.

This chapter covers the period of 1994 to 2001, beginning by summarising events and outlining the interconnection of the various programmes under way at Dwesa-Cwebe. The chapter then unpacks these events and policies in the three areas that show the sharpest discontinuity with the past: conservation and forest management land reform, and distribution of benefits from development within the pro...

Schwabe, C.A. (2002) Environmental concerns. In Public attitudes in contemporary SA: insights from an HSRC survey. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council. 113-123.

Struwig, J. (2009) An embracing nature: who cares for the environment?. HSRC Review. 7(4):14-15.

Conventional wisdom has it that people who are pre-occupied with their material survival are much less concerned about the environment and view the environment as a resource to be utilised rather than protected. But data from the SASAS 2004 survey challenge this notion. Jare Struwig explains how.

Von Maltitz, G.P. & Mazibuko, S. (2006) What role should conservation areas play in providing Livelihood opportunities to adjacent communities?. (Paper presented at the Fourth Natural Forests and Savanna Woodlands Symposium, Summerstrand Inn, Port Elizabeth, 15-18 May).

In the past conservation management was relatively simple. A fence was erected around reserves and animals and plants were managed within the fenced areas. By the 1980's there was a worldwide call for greater community involvement in conservation management. Results of investigations are considered in relation to different models for benefit between reserves and communities.