Transfrontier conservation in Africa : at the confluence of capital, politics and nature / Maano Ramutsindela, MA, PhD, Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (ix, 181 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Transfrontier conservation areas -- Africa, Southern
- Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000)
- Land Resources
- Biological Resources (General)
- Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
- Biodiversity
- Conservation areas
- Frontier areas
- Nature conservation
- Politics
- Socioeconomics
- EE115
- PP300
- PP700
- UU485
- 333.95/16096 23
- S934.A356 R36 2007eb
This book provides a background to the ideologies and practices underpinning the content and form of transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) in Africa. The roles of the state and local populations in the emergence of transfrontier conservation are analysed, as well as the ecological, socioeconomic and political implications. The book has 9 chapters and a subject index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index.
Perspectives on transfrontier conservation areas : an introduction -- On the ideological foundations of transfrontier conservation areas -- Peace through ecology? : a soft approach to hard realities -- Local initiatives and their regional and global connections -- Southern African development community : a regional catalyst -- Silencing community struggles -- The renaissance of the bush : the reinvention of the Cape to Cairo route in contemporary Africa -- Mapping Africa's future -- Postscript : transfrontier parks and the legacy of Rupert.
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