Between global interests and local needs: Conservation and land reform in Namaqualand, South Africa

Africa

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-244

  Benjaminsen, Tor A ^a   Kepe, Thembela ^b   Bråthen, Stine ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; ADVOCACY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HEGEMONY; LAND USE CONFLICT; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; TRADE-OFF;

AFRICA; NAMAQUA NATIONAL PARK; NAMAQUALAND; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41849126778     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E0001972008000144     Document Type: Article

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