Transfrontier conservation in Africa : at the confluence of capital, politics and nature /

• Main Author: Ramutsindela, Maano, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: 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.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 181 pages) : illustrations, maps; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-172) and index.
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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.