학술논문

The nature of the land: the Dukuduku forest and the Mfolozi flats, KwaZulu-Natal.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Modern African Studies. Sep2013, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p487-506. 20p.
Subject
*EVICTION
*FOREST conservation
*LAND use
*LAND tenure
*NATURE conservation
*CIVIL restitution
*FLOODPLAINS
Language
ISSN
0022-278X
Abstract
Green-grabbing has recently been suggested as a label for describing processes of dispossessions undertaken in the name of conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. For the case examined here, the Dukuduku forest and the Mfolozi flats in northern KwaZulu-Natal, we will argue that the label obscures more than it helps illuminate the complex processes leading up to the present-day struggle over land rights. The land in question has been subjected to a number of different land uses in the past: hunting, conservation, commercial agriculture and small-scale agriculture. We show how contestation over desirable future land use options lies at the heart of the problems raised by an ongoing land claim to the forest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]