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1. 1. Analyzing the impact of marine protected areas on coastal zones : A case-study of Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area, South Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Laura Elana Babette Obbink; [2023]
   Keywords : Marine Protected Areas; Sustainability; Coastal Zones; Biodiversity; Local Environmental Awareness; South Africa;

   Abstract : The ocean is, with its extraordinary ability to regulate the climate and absorb carbon dioxide, a vital ecosystem for all life on the planet. Moreover, the ocean is highly important for coastal communities as a source of income and nutrition, and as a consequence of increasing dependence it is becoming more significant to mitigate the effects of these anthropogenic activities on the ocean and its resources. READ MORE

3. 2. Regenerative Potential and Problems in Nature-based Tourism: The Case of Private Game Reserves in South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The importance of sustainable development has been firmly acknowledged worldwide. This is no less apparent than in the context of tourism, which despite its promise as a driver of development in low-income countries has produced a number of negative externalities for local communities, ecologies, and the environment at large. READ MORE

4. 3. New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Lisa Pier; [2022]
   Keywords : extractivism; development; resistance; re-imagination; decoloniality; alternatives; self-determination; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite growing interest in movements, mobilisations and communities rising up against extractivism, little research has focused on the radical political potential these mobilisations bear for envisioning just and sustainable futures. Taking the Right to Say NO in South Africa as a case study and point of departure, this thesis examines development alternatives envisioned within anti-extractivist resistance. READ MORE

5. 4. INVESTIGATING THE EKC HYPOTHESIS IN SUB SAHARA AFRICA : The role of tourism

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Renson Gatsinzi; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to investigate the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and examine the role of tourism in environmental pollution in the region. The study applies panel data from 28 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1995-2014. READ MORE

6. 5. What is the Wonder? An ethnography of 'rewilding' at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elizabeth Cornelia Aardenburg; [2017]
   Keywords : land reform; conservation; indigenous people; traditional authority; cultural theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : ‘Rewilding’, or the return of degraded lands to a state of ‘wilderness’, is a bold attempt to resolve the world’s ecological challenges. It however does not address the division between nature and society, which lies at the core of the issues. READ MORE