- Title
- A Critical Review of Environmental Governance, Land Restitution, and Tourism in Protected Areas
- Creator
- Ramukumba, Takalani
- Description
- Natural areas, when protected, conserve the natural environment and function as social spaces in which tourism brings increased income, employment, and financial support for conservation. The inclusion of local community members in the planning and management of protected areas has been on the rise since the early 1900s. Tourism has been advocated as a strategy that can help in achieving economic development, especially in rural areas. However, governance issues and potential negative impacts of tourism development have been under inspection. Conservation efforts in Southern Africa especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s had negative impacts on the local communities since this led to many communities being displaced or having limited access to these protected areas. This has seen the need for ways and efforts to get local community members' despondency and attitudes towards protected areas change such that in the 20th century, there were efforts to use conservation models that included community members in the decision-making and benefit-sharing process to garner their support for protected areas. This paper reviews literature on environmental governance, land restitution in protected areas, tourism in protected areas, co-management, and the importance of community participation. These concepts are reviewed using Manyeleti Game Reserve as a case study. Keywords: Tourism, land restitution, environmental governance, wildlife resources, and stakeholder participation
- Date
- 2021
- Subject
- Tourism Land use Environmental protection Wildlife conservation Article
- Type
- text, article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7029
- Identifier
- vital:52756
- Identifier
- xlink:href=":https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.200"
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Africa Journals
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Ramukumba, T. (2021). A Critical Review of Environmental Governance, Land Restitution, and Tourism in Protected Areas. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(6):1916- 1931. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.200, African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure volume 10 number 6 1916 1931 2021 2223-814X
- Rights
- : ©2021 Open Access/Author/s, Africa Journals
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