Urbanization and scarce income-earning opportunities have led to increasing commercialization of non-timber forest products in southern Africa, including the nutritious mopane worm Imbrasia (=Gonimbrasia) belina. The mopane worm contributes substantially to incomes and food security in households across the region, but little research has addressed its use within South Africa. Using semi-structured interviews with harvesters and resource managers, this paper compares the management of mopane worm resources under public, private, and communal governance systems to explore the ability of each to provide users with sustainable access to the resource. Results show that governance is weaker in the communal property regime compared to the public and private property regimes. Weak control over access and high demand for mopane worms in urban and rural centres may be leading to a concentration of harvesting pressures in communally managed areas, increasing competition for a resource already scarce after years of drought and land-use change.

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新的压力，旧的饮食方式：在南非商业化和环境变化的背景下，管理和获取可食用的毛虫毛虫，伊姆布拉西亚（= Gonimbrasia）贝利纳

城市化和稀缺的创收机会导致南部非洲非木质林产品的商业化增加，包括营养丰富的mo虫伊姆布拉西亚（= Gonimbrasia）贝利纳。pan蠕虫极大地促进了该地区家庭的收入和粮食安全，但很少有研究针对它在南非的使用。本文通过对收割者和资源管理者的半结构化访谈，比较了公共，私人和社区治理系统下的mo蠕虫资源管理，以探索每种蠕虫资源为用户提供可持续获取资源的能力。结果表明，与公共和私有财产制度相比，公共财产制度的治理较弱。