Deforestation and reforestation in Namibia :: the global consequences of local contradictions /

Descriptions of the late 1800s landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the area's late 1900s appearance, suggesting that little change occurred between the pre-colonial baseline and the postcolonial outcome. Yet, paradoxically, colonial conquest, population pre...

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1. Verfasser: Kreike, Emmanuel, 1959-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 17.
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Zusammenfassung:Descriptions of the late 1800s landscape in the Ovambo floodplain in north-central Namibia closely match the area's late 1900s appearance, suggesting that little change occurred between the pre-colonial baseline and the postcolonial outcome. Yet, paradoxically, colonial conquest, population pressure, biological invasions, new technology, and economic globalization caused both dramatic deforestation and reforestation in less than a century. The paradox stems from the fact that the prevailing global environmental models obscure and homogenize the process of environmental change: different and co.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index.
ISBN:9789047444206
9047444205
1282951270
9781282951273
9786612951275
6612951273
ISSN:1570-9310 ;

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