Living with Wildlife in Zimbabwe Navigating Conflict and Co-existence

About this book

This book provides a critical analysis of the interactions of humans and wildlife in Zimbabwe. It does not only document conflicts, but it also considers opportunities for co-existence that can result in successful conservation practices within protected areas. The book offers empirically rich case studies from across different areas of Zimbabwe both urban and rural where people interact with animals both negatively and positively. Chapters in the book discuss these interactions through a different lens including the contemporary politico-economic crises prevalent in Zimbabwe, the failures and successes of the CAMPFIRE programme, and gender dynamics of conflicts. The book provides an update on the situation of human-wildlife interactions in Zimbabwe. The data presented has policy implications within Zimbabwe and beyond. It contributes to different categories of policy and mitigation measures including human-wildlife conflict mitigation strategies and conservation policy.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part. 1. Humans, and wildlife interactions on the urban fringe
Chapter 2. Complexities of urban human-wildlife conflict: A case study of Binga Town in the Zambezi Valley
Chapter 3. Human-wildlife conflict in Kariba town
Chapter 4. Spatio-temporal patterns of human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe: A comprehensive analysis

Part 2. Climate change, livelihoods and human-wildlife conflict
Chapter 5. Human-wildlife interactions in and around Lake Kariba: Livelihoods and everyday life in Gache-Gache
Chapter 6. Climate change and wildlife impacts on rural livelihoods and food security: insights of Lake Kariba
Chapter 7. Human-wildlife conflicts and livelihoods in Binga District of Zimbabwe since 2000
Chapter 8. Human-carnivore conflict: a case of painted dog population dynamics in Hwange National Park

Part 3. Conservation, communities, and human-wildlife conflict
Chapter 9. Fences, CAMPFIRE, human-wildlife conflict and adjacent communities: A case of Chipinda, Chibwedziva and Chehondo areas in Ward 8, Chiredzi district, southeastern Zimbabwe
Chapter 10. The Save Valley Conservancy's relationship with the Ndau communities in the Sabi Valley of Chipinge District, Zimbabwe (1990-2023)
Chapter 11. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of communities towards the campfire program as a wildlife management tool: a case study of ward 3 Tsholotsho
Chapter 12. Human wildlife-water conflicts inside and outside of protected areas in Zimbabwe

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Biography

Joshua Matanzima holds a PhD in Anthropology from La Trobe University, Australia. He works as a researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is a co-editor of several books including Lived Experiences of Borderland Communities in Zimbabwe (Springer 2023) and Livelihoods of Ethnic Minorities in Rural Zimbabwe (Springer 2023).

Beaven Utete is a professor and academic with an interest in the conservation of freshwater resources. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Chinhoyi University of Technology. He is a visiting scholar for several universities in Africa with cross-cutting interests in human-wildlife conflicts in water systems in Africa.