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Conservationism in Zimbabwe : 1850-1950 / Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kwashirai, Vimbai Chaumba, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest conservation--Zimbabwe--History.
- Forest conservation.
- Forest conservation--Social aspects--Zimbabwe--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- African forests provide the focus for a body of historical research in Zimbabwe. This book draws on economic and environmental history approaches in exploring the exploitation and conservation of woodland, respectively. It offers an investigation that focuses on the consumption-conservation relationship between humans and the forest zone.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- African management of woodland
- British forest management
- Dilemmas in conservationism : 1890-1930
- Conservation practices in Zimbabwe
- Poverty in the Gwai forest reserve
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-121) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61728-199-9
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