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CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE WILDLIFE INDUSTRY Dr. C.C. de Witt INTRODUCTION WILDLIFE INDUSTRY WIDE, COMPLEX AND MYSTERIOUS PARTICIPANTS MANY AND VARIED FERTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONFLICT CONFLICT TYPICAL EXAMPLES Buying and


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CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE WILDLIFE INDUSTRY

  • Dr. C.C. de Witt
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INTRODUCTION

  • WILDLIFE INDUSTRY – WIDE, COMPLEX AND MYSTERIOUS
  • PARTICIPANTS MANY AND VARIED
  • FERTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR CONFLICT
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CONFLICT –TYPICAL EXAMPLES

  • Buying and Selling (Inter Se, Agents and Auctions)
  • Conservation (Many interested parties)
  • Roads, Gates and Fences (Neighbours and Public)
  • Poaching, Fraud, and Theft
  • State Regulation: Permits, Permissions, and Protection
  • Hunting Rules: * Biltong

* Trophy – Local/International

  • Green Activism: Local and Overseas
  • Threat to Land itself as result of Government Policy
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CASE STUDY

  • Farmer in Limpopo sells Roan to Buyer in Cape Town, through

an agent telephonically, to be delivered on a farm in the Freestate overnight. Relationships State issues import and export Permits Owner of game and his representatives (e.g. PH & VET) Agent who originally introduced buyer & seller Owner of Land in Freestate (receives game injured/dead) New owner (in Cape) not present, only telephonically involved. Transport – independent contractors Insurance

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PROBLEMS WITH ADJUDICATION (COURTS AND ARBITRATION)

  • Stranger introduced to the Relationship/ No legitimacy
  • Facts and principles
  • Ex post facto (after the event)
  • Adversarial
  • Artificial
  • Slow and cumbersome
  • Costly
  • Win-lose settlements (dissatisfaction)
  • Denies access to poor
  • Static not dynamic solutions
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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) (Alternative to the courts)

APPROACHES  Reconciling interests – negotiation  Deciding who is right – adjudication  Deciding who is more powerful DEFINITIONS  Negotiation * Concessions Towards agreements in respect of

  • Past events (Rights)
  • Future Events (Interests)

(Mostly Polycentric-i.e. Multi-faceted)

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 Adjudication * Proof and Reasoned Argument (Introduces Stranger to Relationship) (Binary/Coercive)  Power * Function of Dependency Power of A over B = Dependency of B on A Pab = Dba (Disruptive)

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ADR MECHANISMS (Examples)

  • Choose or create appropriate mechanism after thorough

analysis of the problem. BE CREATIVE and choose or create an approach from a TOOLBOX of POSSIBILITIES. Examples of toolbox: Fact-finding MED-ARB Negotiations ARB-MED Mediation Mini-Jury Trial Ombudsman Summary Jury Trial Arbitration Combinations

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BEST APPROACH

  • DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

Reconcile Interests Decide who is Right (after settlement negotiations) Decide who is more Powerful (after rule-making negotiations)  Analyze, analyze  Decide  Choose/Create  Appropriate Mechanisms

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DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DESIGN

NEGOTIATION AND AGREEMENT (Final) POWER (Auxiliary) ADJUDICATION (Final) DISPUTES OF INTERESTS DISPUTES OF RIGHT CONFLICT

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SUGGESTIONS FOR INDUSTRY

“PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURE”:

  • Survey of repetitive problems.
  • Research problem areas identified.
  • Write guidelines with examples.
  • Draft standard agreements.
  • Case studies developed.
  • Reading material accumulated/ selected.
  • Training (ADR for Wildlife Practitioners).
  • Create private dispute resolution expertise for the industry,

including farmers, agents, professional hunters, outfitters, etc.

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CONFLICT FACING THE INDUSTRY

  • Negative publicity
  • Over-regulation
  • Marketing/ Prices
  • Conservation extremes
  • Expropriation without compensation
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JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR

  • Analyze Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Power building by
  • Emphasizing Commonalities (Promote Unity)
  • Economic excellence
  • Numbers
  • Exclusivity
  • Food Security
  • Foreign Investment
  • Conservation – Best in the World because of

Private Ownership Shakespeare: “The readiness is all”!