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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Colección: | Afrika-Studiecentrum series ;
v. 17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047444206 9047444205 1282951270 9781282951273 9786612951275 6612951273 |
| ISSN: | 1570-9310 ; |