Mine Islar
Senior Lecturer, Docent, Deputy Director
The Politics of Natural Resource Enclosure in South Africa and Ecuador
Author
Summary, in English
The paper examines the ways in which states facilitate 'new enclosures' of natural resources, and the challenges of this as a strategy of development and environmental sustainability. We argue that enclosures introduce significant changes in property regimes, which redefine conditions for the access and control of land and forest, especially for tribal and indigenous communities. In this context, we analyse two state-initiated projects-the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in South Africa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Socio Bosque incentive conservation programme in Ecuador.
Department/s
- LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
287-298
Publication/Series
Conservation and Society
Volume
13
Issue
3
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Topic
- Human Geography
- Environmental Sciences
Keywords
- Ecuador
- South Africa
- UNESCO World Heritage
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park
- financial incentives for conservation
- protected areas
- state-driven development
- Enclosure
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0975-3133