Abstract
Mozambican law recommends community councils to promote the co-management of natural resources in protected areas. In the Limpopo National Park, the park committee has served as the community council for the last two decades. Based on fieldwork conducted in 2009–2019, this practical note identifies challenges that the committee faces and suggests two pathways to tackle the challenges: the committee members should be selected based on individual capacity; and financial resources must be directed towards developing their capacity. Further research on how to establish these pathways are imperative to enable the committee members to focus on activities for the co-management.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 707-713 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Development in Practice |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 7 May 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The LNP was established in 2001 as a part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP) (Decree 38/2001) that consists of South Africa's Kruger National Park and Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park. Together with surrounding game reserves, the GLTP forms one of the largest protected areas in southern Africa (Wolmer ). The South Africa's Peace Parks Foundation and the German Development Bank (KfW) financially sponsor the GLTP, and the National Conservation Agency (ANAC) of Mozambique, under the Ministry of Land, Environment, and Rural Development (MITADER), currently manages the LNP.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- Capacity development
- Mozambique
- co-management
- committee
- community
- national park
- natural resources
- protected area