Universität zu Köln

Whande, Tanyaradzwa Edith (2023). Human, Livestock and Wildlife interactions at the boundary of Hwange National Park and Tsholotsho Communal Areas in Zimbabwe. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This thesis focuses on the human, livestock and wildlife interactions that exist near the boundary that separates Hwange National Park and Tsholotsho communal areas. Using ethnographic fieldwork and research methods such as archival reviews, interviews, group discussions and observations the main research question the thesis seeks to answer is How can a multispecies approach help reconcile local people´s relations with wildlife and natural resources? The thesis discusses how living near a wildlife area has influenced villager livelihoods and perceptions about wildlife and conservation. It describes the historical changes in land use and resource use and how non-human organisms and diseases such as Tsetse fly and foot and mouth disease influenced the choice location of the park and the installation of its physical borders. The thesis highlights how living at the edge of the national park puts villagers and their livestock in a position of vulnerability and uncertainty in regard to their future. These challenges include an unsecure fence, contentious encounters with wildlife at different places and at different times, cases of drought, inadequate sources of water, and the threat of diseases. The research also notes the tensions that exist between protecting wildlife and the need to safeguard the social and economic resources of neighbouring communities within a multispecies society and the broader context of popular Transfrontier conservation areas.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Whande, Tanyaradzwa Edith UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-709914
Date:	2023
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Ethnologie
Subjects:	Social sciences
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Conservation UNSPECIFIED Multispecies studies UNSPECIFIED Wildlife UNSPECIFIED CBNRM UNSPECIFIED
Date of oral exam:	11 May 2023
Referee:	Name Academic Title Bollig, Michael Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/70991