Making Wildlife Pay: Converting Wildlife’s Comparative Advantage Into Real Incentives for Having Wildlife in African Savannas, Case Studies from Zimbabwe and Zambia

摘要: This chapter is about establishing mechanisms that price wildlife, how these work and they can be valuable for promoting economic development conservation simultaneously. It uses several examples, mainly from Zimbabwe, to describe wildlife was converted a public good with little or even negative value landholders, into private which landholders communities have positive incentive produce. explains why has comparative advantage often better use of agriculturally marginal savannahs than more conventional livestock monocultures, provides data the ranching sector in Zimbabwe support this argument. The central assertion both are best served much savanna Africa by converting commercial asset. achieved modifying macro-economic institutions legislation so develop ensure prices closely reflect scarcity value, resources allocated efficiently. would where advantage, it reflected structures produce rather owes its past prominence fiscal environmental subsidisation.