The fractured state in the governance of private game farming: The case of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-206

  Kamuti, Tariro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; environmental governance; fractured state; KwaZulu Natal; private game farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906069602     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2014.936678     Document Type: Article

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