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Deforestation And Reforestation In Namibia: By Emmanuel Kreike
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Namibia
- Book Title
- Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia : the Global Consequen
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science, Political Science
- ISBN
- 9781558764989
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiener Publishers, Incorporated, Markus
ISBN-10
1558764984
ISBN-13
9781558764989
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84338160
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Deforestation and Reforestation in Namibia : the Global Consequences of Local Contradictions
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Agriculture / Forestry, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Global Warming & Climate Change, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2009-033989
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
333.75096881
Synopsis
In the twentieth century, north-central Namibia experienced both dramatic deforestation and reforestation as a result of population pressure. This title focuses on evaluating environmental change against a base line to assess whether the outcome is environmentally neutral or whether it constitutes environmental degradation or improvement., Colonial rule, the capitalist market, and population growth contributed to dramatic environmental changes in twentieth-century north-central Namibia. Moreover, as discussed in Jared Diamond's acclaimed bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, biological invasions and modern technology paved the way for colonial rule, the market economy, and globalization. But unlike the linear narratives offered by Diamond and others, the directions of change and its outcomes were often unexpected, ambiguous, and contradictory. In north-central Namibia, for example, the late 1890s rinderpest microbe decimated indigenous herds but did not interfere with the cattle-for-guns export trade that was critical to sustaining anticolonial resistance. And although the region's inhabitants rapidly embraced firearms technology more than a quarter century before World War I, they rejected plows and other new iron technology until well after World War II. Violence and insecurity affected where people and their animals concentrated and how they used environmental resources: the 1920s and 1930s were characterized by massive deforestation as refugees carved out new villages in wilderness woodlands and constructed fortified homesteads defended by elaborate palisades and fences. Yet, a vicious cycle of overpopulation, deforestation, and desertification did not materialize, as reforestation in the form of huge fruit trees paradoxically accompanied deforestation. Since the early 1960s, the exact causes and consequences of deforestation have been hotly debated by experts, policy makers, and CEOs alike. The prevailing literature focuses predominantly on evaluating environmental change against a baseline (e.g., nature) to assess whether the outcome is environmentally neutral or whether it constitutes environmental degradation or improvement. Emmanuel Kreike, however, shows us that the case of north-central Namibia demonstrates that environmental change results in different and often contradictory outcomes that cannot simply be explained away as alternative readings or misreadings of the same process. His conclusions pertain not only to north-central Namibia but also elsewhere in Africa and beyond., In the twentieth century, north-central Namibia experienced both dramatic deforestation and reforestation as a result of population pressure. It also witnessed the de-globalization of a pre-colonial global resource - cattle. Since the early 1960's, the exact causes and consequences of deforestation have been hotly contested by experts, politicians, and CEO's alike. The prevailing literature focuses predominantly on evaluating environmental change against a base line (e.g. Nature) to assess whether the outcome is environmentally neutral or whether it constitutes environmental degradation or improvement. Kreike shows us how the environmental history of north-central Namibia suggests that environmental change should be understood to be multi-directional, involving multiple sub-processes with multiple outcomes - not only in north-central Namibia but also elsewhere in Africa and beyond.
LC Classification Number
SD418.3.N34K74 2010
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