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Governance, participation and local perceptions of protected areas: Unwinding traumatic nature in the Blouberg Mountain Range

Constant, N.; Bell, S.

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N. Constant



Abstract

Local perceptions of protected areas are important for conservation and the sustainability of protected areas. We undertook qualitative and ethnographic fieldwork to explore relationships between people and protected areas in the Blouberg Mountain Range, South Africa. The history of land use and current relationships with protected areas reveal legacies of marginalisation and immiseration, giving credence to a theory of traumatic nature. The impacts of traumatic nature manifest in local discourses and narratives of nature, protected areas and conservation.

Citation

Constant, N., & Bell, S. (2016). Governance, participation and local perceptions of protected areas: Unwinding traumatic nature in the Blouberg Mountain Range. Environmental Values, 26(5), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327117x15002190708100

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 27, 2016
Online Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Publication Date Jul 1, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 11, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jul 19, 2016
Journal Environmental Values
Print ISSN 0963-2719
Electronic ISSN 1752-7015
Publisher White Horse Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 5
Pages 539-559
DOI https://doi.org/10.3197/096327117x15002190708100

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© 2017 The White Horse Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted following peer review for publication in Environmental values., 26(5), 539-559. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online, doi: 10.3197/096327117X15002190708100





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