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Land restitution and protected areas in South Africa

Carruthers, Jane (2008) Land restitution and protected areas in South Africa. Current Conservation (2.3). pp. 9-10.

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Abstract

Many protected areas have come into being because part, or all, of the area was denuded of people in order to promote a nature conservation agenda. South Africa is no exception. South Africa has had a democratic government since 1994 when apartheid ended. One new constitutional requirement is that people who lost their right to land for racially-based reasons after 1913 (the year of the notorious Native Land Act) are entitled to restitution. By March 2007, nearly 80,000 claims had been recorded and 74,417 settled through the transfer of 810,292 ha of land and compensation payouts totalling ZAR 2 billion. Some claims have been against protected areas that are run by organs of the state. In many parts of the world land claims against protected areas are resisted by the government, but this is not the case in South Africa, where redress is a national priority.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: South Africa, Protected Areas, Conservation, Land, Human Rights, National Parks
Subjects: Biodiversity
Depositing User: Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited: 11 May 2022 04:19
Last Modified: 11 May 2022 04:19
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14217

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