Bioregional planning in southeastern Tanzania : the Selous-Niassa corridor as a prism for transfrontier conservation areas

This thesis uses the Selous-Niassa wildlife corridor as a lens through which the process of constructing bioregions can be understood and the effects of that process on society properly evaluated. It specifically investigates the corridor as a cog in the creation of a bioregion in southeastern Tanzania, namely, the Selous-Niassa transfrontier conservation area. The study was motivated by claims that the creation of bioregions across international borders places the protection and conservation of biodiversity at the appropriate scale, and that bioregions of this type are beneficial for nature conservation and society. Though the study appreciates the ecological rationales for trans-border conservation, its focus is on the social side of the process. The main social claims for bioregions in general, and transfrontier conservation in particular, are that the establishment of cross-border protected areas, including transfrontier conservation areas, leads to the removal of colonial borders which disrupt ecological systems and local communities.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Environmental and Geographical Science

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Noe, Christine

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4788

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4788