The origins of this chapter go a few years back, when Roderick Buiskool and I decided to work it out for the important book Ecotourism impacts on indigenous peoples, edited by Wayne Babchuck and Robert Hitchcock. As usual, the chapter is open access on this website under Publications. The abstract: This chapter contributes to the…Read more New book chapter: COVID-19 and the Limits of Community-Based Ecotourism as a Sustainable Livelihood Diversification Strategy: The Case of the Indigenous Karo of Batu Katak, North Sumatra, Indonesia
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Interview in Resource about culling elephants
The following is an interview with me in my university's magazine Resource about culling elephants in Namibia and Zimbabwe: https://www.resource-online.nl/index.php/2023/06/17/we-didnt-let-them-silence-us/?lang=en. Happy to see this is out now, the interview was in October last year. Thanks Marieke Enter for all your work on this! ‘The criticism is pure colonialism’ Culling elephants in southern Africa Marieke Enter…Read more Interview in Resource about culling elephants
New book chapter: History and social complexities for San at Tsintsabis resettlement farm, Namibia
Happy to share with you my latest book chapter written together with Moses ǁKhumûb, about the Tsintsabis resettlement farm, Namibia. You can find it under Publications, open access as usual. The chapter is part of a much larger project named Etosha Pan to the Skeleton Coast: Conservation Histories, Policies and Practices in North-west Namibia. Thanks…Read more New book chapter: History and social complexities for San at Tsintsabis resettlement farm, Namibia
Check out two recent articles on The Conversation
I published two articles in the well-known and academically grounded news page The Conversation over the last months. The first is about doing research among Indigenous groups and the second is about the unsustainability of the wildlife economy, which is gaining popularity in southern Africa. The latter is based on a special issue I co-edited…Read more Check out two recent articles on The Conversation
The unsustainability of the southern African wildlife economy
Stasja Koot, Lerato Thakholi, Bram Büscher Southern Africa’s wildlife economy is often hailed as a major success and model to be emulated. Using biodiversity and wildlife as the basis for economic growth is seen to both increase wildlife numbers and economic revenue, leading to sustainable economic development. But does it actually do that? A recent…Read more The unsustainability of the southern African wildlife economy
Stasja Koot 