Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Southern Africa is seen as a leader in wildlife conservation, but its market-driven approach is deeply flawed

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Stasja Koot, Associate professor, Wageningen University
Bram Büscher, Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; Research Associate, Stellenbosch University; Professor of Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University
Lerato Thakholi, Lecturer in the Sociology of Development and Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen University

Southern Africa’s wildlife economy is often hailed as a successful model. The idea behind this model is that biodiversity and wildlife are used as the basis of sustainable economic growth, through an increase in wildlife numbers and in a country’s revenue.

But how successful has the model actually been in places like Botswana, Namibia and South Africa? We recently edited a special…

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