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Kalvelage, Linus, Bollig, Michael, Grawert, Elke, Hulke, Carolin, Meyer, Maximilian, Mkutu, Kennedy, Mueller-Kone, Marie and Diez, Javier Revilla (2021). Territorialising Conservation: Community-based Approaches in Kenya and Namibia. Conserv. Soc., 19 (4). S. 282 - 294. MUMBAI: WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS. ISSN 0975-3133

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Abstract

Community-based Conservation seeks to strike a balance between nature conservation and economic growth by establishing spatial and institutional settings that maintain and even regain biodiversity while simultaneously allowing for sustainable land use. The implementation of community-based conservation blueprints on communal, often agronomically marginal lands, is in many southern and eastern African countries encouraged by the national government. Despite vast academic literature on community-based conservation, it remains unclear how this re-shaping of resource governance has driven territorialisation in rural areas. To address this gap, this article compares the implementation of community-based conservation in Northern Kenya and Northern Namibia. By doing so, we intend to shed light on the question 'why does community-based conservation result in different forms of territorialisation negotiated between state agencies, non-governmental organisations and rural communities? We demonstrate how historical preconditions, contemporary project design, and the commodification of natural resources shape territorialisation in both cases in different ways. In Kenya, concerns for securitisation have been driving community-based conservation, while in Namibia it primarily aimed to benefit the previously disadvantaged rural residents. Furthermore, in both regions community-based conservation programmes serve as vehicles to articulate political claims, either to reify traditional authorities, to create ethnically homogenous territories or to define boundaries of resource use.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kalvelage, Linus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bollig, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Grawert, Elke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hulke, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Meyer, Maximilian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mkutu, Kennedy UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mueller-Kone, Marie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Diez, Javier Revilla UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-582619
DOI:	10.4103/cs.cs_18_21
Journal or Publication Title:	Conserv. Soc.
Volume:	19
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 282 - 294
Date:	2021
Publisher:	WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
Place of Publication:	MUMBAI
ISSN:	0975-3133
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NORTHERN KENYA; CONSERVANCIES; ETHNICITY Multiple languages Biodiversity Conservation; Environmental Studies Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58261