ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the geographical boundaries that exist in transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs), the factors influencing their establishment, and how they have changed over the last century. It investigates the drivers of boundary formation in TFCAs at the larger scale of regional and national levels and discusses the drivers of international and protected area boundaries. The chapter indicates larger scale dynamics also had implications for access to resources by those living on the edge. It focuses on three TFCAs: the Great Limpopo TFCA, the Zimbabwe components of the Kavango-Zambezi TFCA, and the Mana Pools-Lower Zambezi TFCA. The chapter presents the case histories of the core protected areas within the selected Southern African TFCAs to illuminate the complex interplay of drivers of boundary formation. It describes the characteristics of these TFCA areas, people's resource use in these areas, valuation of these marginal areas on the fringe of the state and national economy, and the dynamics at protected area boundaries.
