Conservation for Whom? Telling Good Lies in the Development of Central Kalahari

University essay from Institutionen för religion och kultur

Author: Anna Stadler; [2005]

Keywords: Indigenous; Tourism; Central Kalahari; Botswana; Social Anthropology; Conservation; Protected areas; Indigeneity; Socialantropologi; Naturbevarande; Urbefolkning; Turism; Central Kalahari; Botswana;

Abstract: This essay is based on a study of the relocation of the G//ana and G/wi San from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. The purpose of the study is to assess the conflicts that have arisen as a result of the relocation-programs, in order to highlight the situation of the San. Addressing issues of nature conservation, eco-tourism and indigeneity, the essay discuss how conservation policies, development programs and eco-tourism projects have been implemented in the Central Kalahari, and the consequences these policies have had for the people who first inhabited the area.

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