Land for people or nature? The politics of land and conservation in South Africa

Mercredi 17 mai,  18h30 - 20h
Uni Mail, salle M 1150

Conference held by Maano Ramutsindela, Department of Environmental & Geographical Science,University of Cape Town
Discussant: Juliet Fall, professor of Geography and current head of the Geography department at the University of Geneva

The imperatives of nature conservation in South Africa are increasingly determining how land reform takes place in national parks, game reserves and peace parks. This has far reaching implications for both land reform and nature conservation in the context of the current call for a radical land reform in South Africa.