Wildlands and Human Needs: Resource Use in an African Protected Area
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| Author(s) | McShane, T.O. |
| Date | 1990 |
| Reference type | Journal Article |
| Source name | Landscape and Urban Planning |
| Journal | Vol 19 No 2 |
| Pages | pp. 145-158 |
| Publisher | Elsevier Science Ltd, UK |
Summary
The question of how to resolve conflicts between traditional uses of wildland resources by rural populations on the one hand, and interests of conservation on the other, is central to conservation in Africa. Conservation plans implemented in Africa have been largely based on Western values rather than those of the people whose livelihood is most affected. This paper describes a method whereby resource use by rural populations can be quantified and analyzed to be included in protected area planning. With the proclamation in 1977 of Vwaza Marsh Game Reserve in northern Malawi, settlement was effectively prohibited within the reserve boundary. Today, the reserve is surrounded by cultivated land. A method of obtaining a quantitative index of rates of wildlife resource use is presented and illustrated.
Themes
Protected areas
Geographic coverage
Malawi
DOI
10.1016/0169-2046(90)90050-C
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