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Abstract
South Africa is one of the most biodiversity-rich countries in the world, with much valuable biodiversity situated on a range of different land tenure types, including state, private and communal land. Despite this, these wild lands are being lost at an unprecedented rate, with the resultant loss of natural areas and associated ecosystem services. The challenge lies in the need to protect the unique biodiversity, by integrating the development needs of poverty-stricken communities with the need to secure the remaining natural wild places, and thereby secure the very areas on which these communities rely for their daily requirements (water, firewood, medicinal plants).
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Keywords
wilderness,
rewilding,
restoration,
private lands,
biodiversity,
conservation,
protected areas,
economics,
community involvement,
policy,
stewardship,
education,
spiritual values
Citation
McCann, Kevin; Kloppers, Roelie; Venter, Andrew. 2015. Using biodiversity stewardship as a means to secure the natural wild values on communal land in South Africa. In: Watson, Alan; Carver, Stephen; Krenova, Zdenka; McBride, Brooke, comps. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Tenth World Wilderness Congress symposium; 2013, 4-10 October, Salamanca, Spain. Proceedings RMRS-P-74. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 133-140.
