Manasa Sibanda (Great Zimbabwe
University, Zimbabwe)
Contesting power and knowledge in
conservation: a case of Sengwe in
Zimbabwe
Indigenous or
local knowledge is recognized to complement the so called modern knowledge in
conservation discourse. This paper looks at the Great Limpopo Transfrontier
Conservation Area (GLTFCA). It discusses ecological knowledge of the people
residing in the Sengwe wildlife corridor in Zimbabwe and outlines scientific or
modern approaches to conservation exercised by the GLTFCA. In so doing, it
illustrates how little has changed in conservation policy from the perspective
of the local people despite the paradigm shift from exclusionist approach of
the colonial era to participatory rhetoric and the advent of the so called
‘Peace parks’.
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