- Title
- The meaning and practice of stewardship in South Africa
- Creator
- Cockburn, Jessica, Cundill, Georgina, Shackleton, Sheona, Rouget, Mathieu
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/390683
- Identifier
- vital:68574
- Identifier
- xlink:href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/5339"
- Description
- Stewardship offers a means of addressing social-ecological sustainability challenges, from the local to the global level. The concept of stewardship has had various meanings attached to it over time, and the links between the theory and practice of stewardship are not well understood. We sought to characterise the practice of stewardship in South Africa, to better understand the relationship between theory and practice. We found that practitioners’ understandings of stewardship coalesce around two core notions: the idea of stewardship as ‘responsible use and care’ of nature, and stewardship as a ‘balancing act’ between stewards’ use of natural resources for agricultural production and their responsibility to protect and manage the wider ecosystem. Stewardship practice in South Africa is strongly influenced by the biodiversity stewardship tool; however, many practitioners are integrating biodiversity stewardship with other approaches. These emerging social-ecological stewardship initiatives operate at landscape-level and work towards integrated social and ecological stewardship outcomes, by facilitating collaboration among diverse stakeholders. Further research is needed to better understand what is required to support these integrated, collaborative and cross-sectoral initiatives. Policy mechanisms that facilitate integrated place-based stewardship practice can contribute to expanding the practice of biodiversity stewardship in South Africa.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (13 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- South African Journal of Science
- Language
- English
- Relation
- South African Journal of Science, Cockburn, J., Cundill, G., Shackleton, S. and Rouget, M., 2019. The meaning and practice of stewardship in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 115(5-6), pp.1-13, South African Journal of Science volume 115 number 5-6 p. 1 2019 1996-7489
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the South African Journal of Science Copyright and Permissions Statement (https://www.sajs.co.za/copyright-permissions)
- Rights
- Open Access
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Shackleton, Sheona (Prof)
Cockburn, Jessica (Ms)
RU Department of Environmental Science
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Global Change Social Learning Systems Development: Transformative Learning and Green Skills Learning (ELRC)
RU Department of Education
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