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DOI	10.2989/10220119.2020.1861096
	Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation
	Igshaan Samuels, M.; Allsopp, Nicky; Timm Hoffman, M.
通讯作者	Samuels, MI (corresponding author), Univ Western Cape, Agr Res Council, Anim Prod Biodivers & Conservat Biol Dept, Bellville, South Africa. ; Samuels, MI (corresponding author), Univ Cape Town, Dept Biol Sci, Plant Conservat Unit, Rondebosch, South Africa. ; Samuels, MI (corresponding author), Univ Western Cape, Biodivers & Conservat Biol Dept, Bellville, South Africa.
来源期刊	AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE
ISSN	1022-0119
EISSN	1727-9380
出版年	2021
卷号	38 期号:1 页码:1-13
英文摘要	Legislation and policy are key tools used by governments to change the socio-economic and political landscape of agrarian systems with consequences for mobile pastoralism. This study used the social-ecological systems framework to examine how pastoral mobility in the semi-arid, montane communal rangeland in South Africa adapted to the changing socio-political landscape. It analysed the impact of apartheid and democratic era legislation and policies over the past 70 years. Apartheid legislation promoted betterment planning and the privatisation of communal lands by awarding access to most of the grazing areas to a few wealthier pastoralists. This led to increased stocking densities and further restriction of herd mobility when the majority of herds were restricted to fewer grazing camps. Democratic era land reform policies continue to advocate for the modernisation and sedentarisation of pastoral practices. The persistence of mobility among livestock keepers despite discriminatory policy interventions suggests that this is a particularly resilient and necessary element of their practices. We argue that agricultural legislation and policies regarding livestock farming should promote landscape connectivity to allow mobile pastoralists to access variable resources. Connected landscapes should be viewed as alternative ways to modernising pastoralism and these should prevent elite capture when the land is subdivided.
英文关键词	communal rangelands landscape connectivity pastoralist strategies social-ecological systems framework
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000624936400002
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/367744
作者单位	[Igshaan Samuels, M.] Univ Western Cape, Agr Res Council, Anim Prod Biodivers & Conservat Biol Dept, Bellville, South Africa; [Igshaan Samuels, M.; Timm Hoffman, M.] Univ Cape Town, Dept Biol Sci, Plant Conservat Unit, Rondebosch, South Africa; [Igshaan Samuels, M.] Univ Western Cape, Biodivers & Conservat Biol Dept, Bellville, South Africa; [Allsopp, Nicky] South African Environm Observat Network SAEON, Fynbos Node, Claremont, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Igshaan Samuels, M.,Allsopp, Nicky,Timm Hoffman, M.. Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation[J],2021,38(1):1-13.
APA	Igshaan Samuels, M.,Allsopp, Nicky,&Timm Hoffman, M..(2021).Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation.AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE,38(1),1-13.
MLA	Igshaan Samuels, M.,et al."Changes in pastoral mobility in a semi-arid montane region of South Africa: The role of policy and legislation".AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE 38.1(2021):1-13.