Securing Wilderness Landscapes in South Africa

Harry Wels, Ph.D. (2000), VU University Amsterdam, is Associate Professor at that university, Publication Manager at the African Studies Centre in Leiden and extraordinary professor at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. His publications include Private Wildlife Conservation in Zimbabwe (Brill, 2003) and, together with Marja Spierenburg, Conservative Philanthropists, Royalty and Business Elites in Nature Conservation in Southern Africa (Antipode, 2010).

• List of Figures and MapsList of AcronymsMapsIntroduction:Focusing on the subjectivities and setting the interpretive sceneAn iconic species in nature conservation: the rhinoceros in AfricaThe personal archive of Nick SteeleThe aesthetics of landscape in nature conservationMethodological considerationsStructure of the bookChapter 1:Picturing landscape… and what comes with itGame rangers’ memoirs and landscapeLandscape construction‘Camps’ in the landscape A metaphor of aestheticized landscapes: the Claude MirrorConservation landscapes in South AfricaChapter 2:Rhino’s political role in wildlife conservationThe idea of rhinoNick Steele and saving the rhino Networking with the military to save the rhinoNick Steele and the ANC-IFP struggleRhino conservation as ‘bush war’Rhino as Steele’s ‘totem’?Chapter 3:Longing for Zululand landscapes: Nick Steele transferred to NatalSteele transferred from Zululand Reserves to Natal Midlands Nick Steele on issues of race in South AfricaNick Steele’s disillusionment with Natal’s landscapesNick Steele’s friendship with Mongosuthu ButheleziChapter 4:Private wildlife conservancies: providing securityThe Farm Patrol Plan: getting things started Game guards: the backbone of conservancies The success of the conservancy concept: going across national bordersRecent trends in private wildlife conservation: game farming Chapter 5:Summary and ConclusionsAcknowledgements and Brief Methodological ReflectionsReferencesIndex