Fig 1.
Location of the four study sites in Zimbabwe(See also Table 1 for details).
Table 1.
General characteristics and organisation of the four PAs and their surrounding communities.
Table 2.
Distribution of FG discussants among community members.
Table 3.
Determinants of PA-community relationships based on communities’ expectations.
Table 4.
Responsibilities of different institutions with regards to benefit provision to communities.
Notes: ‘√’ indicates that the respective authority is responsible for providing that benefit, ‘?’ indicates that the respective authority may provide the benefit if it is possible, ‘X’ indicates that it is not the responsibility of the respective authority to provide that benefit although it may if it deems fit.
Table 5.
Determinants of PA-community relationship based on PA staff expectations.
Table 6.
Summary of PA staff-community perceptions of their relationship.