Rainforest Relations : Gender & Resource Use by the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone /

With environmental change and conservation in West Africa's tropical rainforests becoming topics of increasing political and academic interest, this book brings a fresh set of perspectives to the debate - those of the forest dwellers themselves. Based on her detailed field research in the Mende...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leach, Melissa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:International African Library : IAL
Temas:
Forest conservation > Sierra Leone.
Forest reserves > Sierra Leone.
Women in rural development > Sierra Leone.
Mende (African people) > Social conditions.
African Studies.
Forêts > Conservation > Sierra Leone.
Femmes dans le développement rural > Sierra Leone.
Mendé (Peuple d'Afrique) > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries.
Forest conservation.
Forest reserves.
Women in rural development.
Sierra Leone.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:With environmental change and conservation in West Africa's tropical rainforests becoming topics of increasing political and academic interest, this book brings a fresh set of perspectives to the debate - those of the forest dwellers themselves. Based on her detailed field research in the Mende communities around Gola North Forest reserve, and surveying the recent debates and literature concerning forest conservations and current analytical approaches to gender and the environment, Melissa Leach examines the importance of rainforest resources to the local economy and social relations and shows that neither an understanding of forest use and change, nor adequate conservation policies can be achieved without a concern for gender.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 p.).
ISBN:1474470165
9781474470162

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