Management of the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe : Perceptions of the Indigenous Communities on their Involvement and Use of Traditional Conservation Practices

Makuvaza, Simon

ISBN 10: 9087282648 / ISBN 13: 9789087282646

Published by Leiden University Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Management of the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe : Perceptions of the Indigenous Communities on their Involvement and Use of Traditional Conservation Practices
• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9087282648
• ISBN 13: 9789087282646
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"Since 1992, when the World Heritage Committee established its category of “cultural landscapes”, scholarly debates have ensued on how they could best be managed. One approach, which appears to have gained significance over the past two decades or so, considers using traditional conservation practices as well as engaging local indigenous communities in the stewardship of these exemplary sites. To examine the efficacy of this recent approach, this book explores the concept of indigenous communities, the nature of traditional conservancy in the Matobo Hills Cultural World Heritage Landscape where this study was conducted, as well as the management history of the area. Based on the perspectives of the indigenous people of the Matobo Hills, this investigation studies the extent to which both traditional conservation practices and local involvement can be germane to the administration of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes."

About the Author

Simon Makuvaza is currently a Research Fellow in the Faculty of the Built Environment at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Previously, he lectured archaeology at the Catholic University of Malawi. He also worked as an archaeologist for the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe.