{"product_id":"securing-wilderness-landscapes-in-south-africa-nick-steele-private-wildlife-conservancies-and-saving-rhinos-9789004290754","title":"Securing Wilderness Landscapes in South Africa: Nick Steele, Private Wildlife Conservancies and Saving Rhinos","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrivate wildlife conservation is booming business in South Africa! Nick Steele stood at the cradle of this development in the politically turbulent 1970s and 1980s, by stimulating farmers in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) to pool resources in order to restore wilderness landscapes, but at the same time improve their security situation in cooperative conservancy structures. His involvement in Operation Rhino in the 1960s and subsequent networks to save the rhino from extinction, brought him into controversial military (oriented) networks around the Western world. The author’s unique access to his private diaries paints a personal picture of this controversial conservationist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Maps  List of Acronyms  Maps  Introduction:\t Focusing on the subjectivities and setting the interpretive scene An iconic species in nature conservation: the rhinoceros in Africa The personal archive of Nick Steele The aesthetics of landscape in nature conservation Methodological considerations Structure of the book  Chapter 1:\t Picturing landscape… and what comes with it Game rangers’ memoirs and landscape Landscape construction ‘Camps’ in the landscape  A metaphor of aestheticized landscapes: the Claude Mirror Conservation landscapes in South Africa  Chapter 2: Rhino’s political role in wildlife conservation The idea of rhino Nick Steele and saving the rhino  Networking with the military to save the rhino Nick Steele and the ANC-IFP struggle Rhino conservation as ‘bush war’ Rhino as Steele’s ‘totem’?  Chapter 3: Longing for Zululand landscapes: Nick Steele transferred to Natal Steele transferred from Zululand Reserves to Natal Midlands  Nick Steele on issues of race in South Africa Nick Steele’s disillusionment with Natal’s landscapes Nick Steele’s friendship with Mongosuthu Buthelezi  Chapter 4:\t Private wildlife conservancies: providing security The Farm Patrol Plan: getting things started  Game guards: the backbone of conservancies  The success of the conservancy concept: going across national borders Recent trends in private wildlife conservation: game farming   Chapter 5:\t Summary and Conclusions Acknowledgements and Brief Methodological Reflections  References  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210668007767,"sku":"9789004290754","price":50.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/securing-wilderness-landscapes-in-south-africa-nick-steele-private-wildlife-conservancies-and-saving-rhinos-9789004290754","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}