Decentralisation and natural resource management in rural South Africa: problems and prospects
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Date
2002
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Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Abstract
In this paper, the issue of decentralisation and natural resource management will be interrogated primarily through a focus on local government reform and land administration. This focus illuminates problems that are on the horizon for other natural resources, such as forests, wildlife and fisheries, especially as these latter resources are to be managed through similar structures that are being constructed and contested in the local government and land policy arenas. Within this context, the role of traditional authorities (chiefs of various ranks) and municipal councillors will be assessed
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Decentralisation, Natural resource, Rural South Africa, Democratisation, Land administration, Rural local government, Traditional authorities, Despotism
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Ntsebeza, L., 2002. Decentralisation and natural resource management in rural South Africa: problems and prospects. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).