Isaacs, Moenieba and Mohamed, Najma (2000) Co-managing the commons in the 'new' South Africa: Room for manoeuvre? Digital Library of the Commons.
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This paper will explore the applicability of the co-management concept to the enhancement of rural livelihoods in South Africa with specific reference to the conservation sector, and coastal and marine resources policy and implementation processes. Comanagement initiatives in the fisheries and conservation sectors in South Africa have failed to incorporate many co-management principles, such as joint decision-making and benefit distribution. Instead, co-management has been transformed from a community-based management approach to a more top-down, corporatist approach. The visibility of market liberalisation and privatisation trends in South African natural resource policies reflects the dominance of such thinking in broader macro-economic policies. Thus, the embeddedness of local initiatives within the broader South African political economy explains why co-management, in its present form, provides little respite for the rural poor. In reality, the `action space' created by natural resource management policies for community-based natural resource management, is not being claimed by rural communities. A re-definition of co-management, which addresses the realities of the fractured rural communities of South Africa within a liberalised political economy, is required to develop natural resource management systems that address the injustices of the past.
| Item Type: | Documents |
|---|---|
| Class Number: | 500.COM059 |
| Keywords: | South Africa, Co-management, Participatory Management, Resources Management, Community Based Management, Conservation, Coastal Resources, Marine Resources, Policy, Rural Development, Property Rights, Fisheries Management, ITQ, Quotas, Protected Areas |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2022 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2022 08:42 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/9930 |
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