Synergies across the natural resources management fields in Southern Africa: disaster risk reduction and one health
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Bocchino, Clara
Burroughs, Richard E.J.
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Potchefstroom: African Centre for Disaster Studies
Abstract
For various reasons, Southern Africa may be considered the playground as well as the thinking
tank for many theories and practices in the natural resources management field. History
has contributed to reshape conservation practices through colonial times, and recent wars
have led to the relocation of people from their homelands and the appropriation by people
of previously protected areas due to socio-economic pressures. Contemporary practices
stemming from sustainable development have not yielded the expected results in resolving
critical socio-economic stresses that impact on environmental health. Furthermore, human
health has deteriorated in remote rural areas due to the failures of governance systems and
the perpetration of non-participatory models for natural resources management, especially
conservation. This paper seeks to explore how two relatively new approaches, Disaster Risk
Reduction and One Health, can together tap into the theoretical and practical gaps left by
previous paradigms in order to instill a sustainable development approach that can benefit
both people and natural resources in remote and poor rural areas.
Description
Both authors are expert in the two approaches object of the
text. None of the information provided is influenced by
professional or personal affiliation to an institution, but it is
the outcome of research work conducted in the field of study.
The paper was conceived and written for the most part by C.B. (Faculty of Law, North West University). R.B. (Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria) was responsible for writing the One Health section and contributed to the review and finalisation of the paper.
The paper was conceived and written for the most part by C.B. (Faculty of Law, North West University). R.B. (Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria) was responsible for writing the One Health section and contributed to the review and finalisation of the paper.
Keywords
Natural resources management, Conservation practices, Sustainable development, Human health systems
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Bocchino, C. & Burroughs, R., 2013, ‘Synergies across the natural resources management fields in Southern Africa: Disaster Risk Reduction and One Health’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 5(2), Art. #74, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v5i2.74