Research Article

An Assessment of Local People’s Support to Private Wildlife Conservation: A Case of Save Valley Conservancy and Fringe Communities, Zimbabwe

Table 1

Proximate and underlying drivers of local resistance to SVC across the villages.

Ward(s)Village(s)ProximateUnderlying
Lack of wildlife-related benefitsPoor control of damage-causing wildlifeEscalating wildlife-induced costs/conflictsDistrust for SVC owners and workersLimited and irregular communicationNo compensation for losses from wildlifeLack of participation in wildlife conservation

3Matsai3122120
26243031210
262221110
271320111
312141101
Total ()11 (22%)7 (14%)13 (27%)5 (10%)6 (12%)5 (10%)2 (4%)

Note: contained in this table are numbers of respondents (not bracketed) who provided a response.