ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the opportunities available to people living on the edge and within transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) in Southern Africa. It outlines the land tenure and environmental characteristics of the TFCAs being developed in Southern Africa to provide a broad context in which enterprises based on indigenous fauna and flora may be developed to sustain livelihoods for those living on the edge. The chapter discusses the major tourist attractions and enterprise opportunities in relation to the 13 Southern African TFCAs. It considers the role of legal and policy constraints that inhibit improved benefit streams to those living on the edge, together with some specific examples of likely potential returns from Community-Based Natural Resource Management. The chapter also considers necessary conditions for moving from opportunities to implementation and outline four strategies that may contribute to improved natural resource management and the flow of benefits to those living on the edge, as well as to conservation of the region's biodiversity.
