January 2011Kolhapur, India

LiveDiverse - Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity in Developing Countries

Case study area: Greater Kruger, South Africa

Where are we?

HARDSHIP

LIVELIHOODS

NATURE & BIODIVERSITY

BELIEFS & CULTURAL PRACTISE

Who are the different stakeholders we have been working with?

• Local (district), provincial and national government

• Traditional/local leaders & traditional/tribal councils

• Local communities• Academic/technical stakeholders (locally, nationally and, internationally)

Talking with local communities

Keeping local leadership up to date

Governance and policy-makers

• Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism Department (LEDET),

• Limpopo Tourism and Parks (LTP),• Department of Environmental Affairs

(DEA)• Vhembe Biosphere Committee• South African Heritage Resource Agency

(SAHRA).

Stakeholders with technical background

University of Venda

Popular articles

CSIR ScienceScope

Research/technical dissemination

13th Biannual conference of the International Association for the Study

of the Commons (IASC), Jan 2011.

Scientific poster which was presented at the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF)

Young Scientists Conference which was held in Pretoria in October 2010.

Local & international capacity building