摘要：We address the new attempts at regulating wildlife ranches on private land in South Africa.Although positive conservation impacts can be attributed to private wildlife ranching, there are a numberof ecological consequences that often arise as a result of economic priorities. We present and analyze newnational regulations aimed at coordinating provincial legislation and guiding the wildlife industry in a moreconservationist direction, and examine tensions that have arisen between different sociopolitical scales asa result. Data were obtained through a desk-based study of legal documents and interviews with keystakeholders. The new regulations begin to address international obligations and national policy onbiodiversity conservation by potentially combating a number of specific ecological problems associatedwith wildlife ranching. However, in practice, the regulations are a significant source of tension amongstakeholders and will be challenging to implement. A key issue is competing agendas between incentive-driven ranchers and conservationist aims. It may be that in addressing the ecological problems at the margin,the new regulations will encourage some ranchers to convert their land away from conservation friendlyland use
关键词：conservation regulation; private wildlife ranches; South Africa; stakeholder views
