The areas ruled by local authoritieswere supplanted by “a territorially-based form of localgovernment” (Gilmour and Fisher 1998, 34). The othereffect of nationalisation emerged with the introduction ofa cadastral mapping system based on scientific knowledge and measuring tools. The idea of such scientifically mapped boundaries enhanced the support of theadvocates of community-based conservation, who conceptualise communities as territorially fixed, small, andhomogeneous.