Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: a call for more environmental justice

Bourgeois Robin, Guerbois Chloé, Giva Nicia, Mugabe Prisca, Mukamuri Billy B., Fynn Richard W.S., Daré William's, Motsholapheko Moseki, Nare Lerato, Delay Etienne, Ducrot Raphaëlle, Bucuane Joaquim, Mercandalli Sara, Le Page Christophe, Caron Alexandre. 2023. Using anticipation to unveil drivers of local livelihoods in Transfrontier Conservation Areas: a call for more environmental justice. People and Nature, 5 (2), n.spéc. The Multiple Values of Nature : 726-741.

Url - jeu de données - Entrepôt autre : https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.47d7wm3j7

Résumé : Calling on the concept of environmental justice in its distributive, procedural and recognition dimensions, we implemented a coelaborative scenario building approach to explore sustainable livelihoods pathways in four sites belonging to two Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in southern Africa. Grounded on participation and transdisciplinarity, as a foundation for decolonised anticipatory action research, we aimed at stimulating knowledge exchange and providing insights on the future of local livelihoods engaging experts living within these TFCAs. Our results show that wildlife and wildlife-related activities are not seen as the primary drivers of local livelihoods, despite the focus and investments of dominant stakeholders in these sectors. Instead, local governance and land use regulations emerged as key drivers in the four study sites. The state of natural resources, including water, and appropriate farming systems also appeared critical to sustain future livelihoods in TFCAs, together with the recognition of indigenous culture, knowledge and value systems. Nature conservation, especially in Africa, is rooted in its colonial past and struggles to free or decolonise itself from the habits of this past despite decades of reconsideration. To date, the enduring coloniality of conservation prevents local citizens from truly participating in the planning and designing of the TFCAs they live in, leaving room for limited benefits to local citizens and often limiting Indigenous people's capacity to conserve. A practical way forward is to consider environmental justice as a cement between the two pillars of the TFCA concept, that is, nature conservation and socio-economic development of local or neighbouring communities, as part of a more broadly and urgent need to rethink the relationships between people in, and with, the rest of nature.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : approche participative, moyens d'existence durables, gestion des ressources naturelles, savoirs autochtones, protection de l'environnement, gouvernance, conservation des ressources, conservation de la nature, durabilité

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Afrique

Mots-clés libres : Futures, Governance, Local communities, Participatory approach, Protected areas, Recognition justice, Southern Africa, Well-being

Classification Agris : P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières
U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bourgeois Robin, CIRAD-ES-UMR ART-DEV (SEN)
• Guerbois Chloé, NMMU (ZAF)
• Giva Nicia, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (MOZ)
• Mugabe Prisca, University of Zimbabwe (ZWE)
• Mukamuri Billy B., University of Zimbabwe (ZWE)
• Fynn Richard W.S., University of Botswana (BWA)
• Daré William's, CIRAD-ES-UMR SENS (FRA)
• Motsholapheko Moseki, University of Botswana (BWA)
• Nare Lerato, NUST (ZWE)
• Delay Etienne, CIRAD-ES-UMR SENS (SEN) ORCID: 0000-0001-6633-6269
• Ducrot Raphaëlle, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)
• Bucuane Joaquim, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (MOZ)
• Mercandalli Sara, CIRAD-ES-UMR ART-DEV (FRA)
• Le Page Christophe, CIRAD-ES-UMR SENS (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-1920-0091
• Caron Alexandre, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR ASTRE (MOZ) ORCID: 0000-0002-5213-3273 - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/603646/)

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