In Zuid-Afrika groeit het aantal en de omvang van commerciële wildboerderijen, waar toeristen tegen betaling jagen op groot wild. Volgens de eigenaren leveren zij een bijdrage aan natuurbescherming, economische groei en werkgelegenheid. VU onderzoeker Femke Brandt concludeert echter dat de jachtboerderijen leiden tot gespannen verhoudingen op het platteland tussen blanke boeren en zwarte landarbeiders. Vandaag, op woensdag 26 juni promoveert zij aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Antropoloog Brandt onderzocht de verschuivende machtsverhoudingen tussen boeren en landarbeiders in de woestijnachtige Karoo. Ze ging mee op jacht, interviewde tientallen boeren, landarbeiders en ambtenaren en volgde velen van hen een jaar lang intensief. Buitenlandse gasten betalen tot tienduizenden euro’s voor een paar dagen jagen op zebra’s, leeuwen, buffels en ander wild. De commerciële jacht levert in de Oostkaap jaarlijks tientallen miljoenen euro’s op.
Door Dhoya Snijders During my wanderings through Southern Africa I encountered a charming creature that goes by the name ‘kudu’. The majestic antelope with its twisted horns is something of an icon in South Africa, appearing on its coins, traffic signs and menus. When I heard there was not one species of kudu, but multiple, my ears twitched. I initiated a brief taxonomical study of which the results became increasingly disorderly.
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