The dynamics of proclaimed privately protected areas in South Africa over 83 years

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dc.contributor.authorDe Vos, Altaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorClements, Hayley S.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBiggs, Duanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCumming, Graeme S.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-09T10:13:44Z
dc.date.available2021-11-09T10:13:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: De Vos, A., et al. 2019. The dynamics of proclaimed privately protected areas in South Africa over 83 years. Conservation Letters, 12(6):e12644, doi:10.1111/conl.12644.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
dc.description.abstractViews that protected area (PA) expansion relies predominantly on land purchased by government are increasingly being challenged. The inclusion of privately owned PAs (PPAs) in national conservation strategies is now commonplace, but little is known about their long-term persistence and how it compares to that of state-owned PAs. We undertook the first long-term assessment of the dynamics of a national system of terrestrial PPAs, assessing its growth, as well as its resilience to downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD). Between 1926 and 2018, 6.2% of all private nature reserves established in South Africa were degazetted, compared to 2.2% of state-owned nature reserves. Privately owned PA growth exceeded that of state-owned PAs. Trends in PA establishment differed between privately owned and state-owned PAs, reflecting different legislative, political, and economic events. Our findings highlight the value of enabling legislative environments to facilitate PPA establishment, and demonstrate the potential of PPAs as a long-term conservation strategy.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12644
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.citationDe Vos, A., et al. 2019. The dynamics of proclaimed privately protected areas in South Africa over 83 years. Conservation Letters, 12(6):e12644, doi:10.1111/conl.12644
dc.identifier.issn1755-263X (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1111/conl.12644
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123404
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWiley Open Access
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectProtected areas -- South Africa -- Government policyen_ZA
dc.subjectPrivately owned protected areas -- Management -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectProtected areas -- South Africa -- Government ownershipen_ZA
dc.subjectProtected areas -- South Africa -- Government ownershipen_ZA
dc.titleThe dynamics of proclaimed privately protected areas in South Africa over 83 yearsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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