RESOURCES
RESOURCES: PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
| Author : | Jones Muzirambi & Kevin Mearns |
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| School/Work Place : | University of South Africa |
| Contact : | jonesmudimu@yahoo.co.uk |
| Year : | 2015 |
| OPA : | 2015 Outstanding Paper Award Winner |
This paper provides a conceptual framework of community- based nature conservation and tourism (CBC-T). The following themes are guiding discussions in this study, i.e.: land rights of local communities in and around protected areas; community-based wildlife management in close relationship with community- based ecotourism; and benefit-sharing and social development issues. A lot of research has been carried out to elucidate the relationship of indigenous or local communities with the conservation agents (both state and private) responsible for the protected areas. In this study, a discussion of diverse epistemological perspectives from literature is undertaken on community-based conservation and tourism as experienced on the ground.
