Misreading African landscapes: Society and ecology in a forest-savanna mosaic

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dc.contributor.authorFairhead, J.en
dc.contributor.authorLeach, M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:56:21Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:56:21Zen
dc.date.issued1996en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractIslands of dense forest in the savanna of 'forest' Guinea have long been regarded by both scientists and policy-makers as the last relics of a once more extensive forest cover, degraded and degrading fast due to its inhabitants' land use. Through meticulous use of historical sources, and close investigation of inhabitants' technical knowledge and practices, James Fairhead and Melissa Leach question these entrenched assumptions. They show, on the contrary, that people have created forest islands around their villages, and have turned fallow vegetation more woody, so that population growth has implied more forest, not less. They also consider the origins, persistence and consequences of a century of erroneous policy. Interweaving historical, social anthropological and ecological data, this unique study advances a novel theoretical framework for ecological anthropology, forcing a radical re-examination of some central tenants in each of these disciplines. ---Series abstracten
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dc.identifier1457en
dc.identifier.citationAfrican Studies Series 90en
dc.identifier.isbn0 521 56353 4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66166en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherGreat Britain: Cambridge University Pressen
dc.subjectSavannahen
dc.subjectForestryen
dc.subjectForestsen
dc.subjectEcologyen
dc.subjectHistoryen
dc.subjectLandscape assessmenten
dc.subjectGuineaen
dc.subjectKissidougouen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleMisreading African landscapes: Society and ecology in a forest-savanna mosaicen
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