Legal frameworks for and the practice of participatory natural resources management in South Africa |
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| Institution: | 1. Human Capital Development, National Research Foundation (NRF), PO Box 2600, Pretoria 0001, South Africa;2. Conservation Ecology and Entomology Department, Faculty of AgriSciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;1. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Yaoundé, Cameroon;2. Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;3. Compliance and Safeguards Division, African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia;1. Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa;2. Environmental Learning Research Center, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa;1. Dept of Physical Geography, University of Freiburg, Werthmannstr. 4, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany;2. Dept of Environmental Sciences, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa;1. Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK;2. School of Natural Resources, Copperbelt University, Box 21692, Kitwe, Zambia;3. Faculty of Agronomy, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo;4. Eduardo Mondlane University, Department of Forestry, PO Box 257, Maputo, Mozambique;1. McGill University, 21111 Chemin Lakeshore, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9;2. Integrated Water Resources Management Program, Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University, 21111 Chemin Lakeshore, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9;3. Natural Resource Sciences Department, McGill University, 21111 Chemin Lakeshore, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 |
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| Abstract: | This study evaluated the role of rural communities in the conservation of natural resources in South Africa. South Africa has sufficient legal instruments that promote interactive participation of rural people in the management of natural resources. These national laws operate within the policy frameworks provided by the multilateral environmental conventions and protocols to which South Africa is signatory. However, these legal commitments to participatory management of natural resources are not matched by the practice on the ground by South African conservationists. Grassroots conservation officials who are responsible for administering participatory processes primarily focus their attention on the establishment of participatory natural resources management forums. However, these forums typically die out, as they fail to meet local people's expectations. Lack of capacity, experience and innovation underlie the absence of institutional culture for effective integration of rural people's needs into the management of protected natural resources. Strategic recommendations are provided to overcome these inadequacies identified in the implementation of participatory management of natural resources in South Africa. |
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