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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES, PLATES AND TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • NOTES AND ACRONYMS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE. Conservation, gender and the environment
  • 1. FOREST COMMUNITIES AND FOREST CONSERVATION
  • 2. GENDER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • PART TWO. Gender and resource use in the Gola forest of Sierra Leone
  • 3. THE GOLA FOREST OF SIERRA LEONE
  • 4. FARMING, FOOD AND FALLOWS
  • 5. TREE CROPS, CASH CROPS
  • 6. TIMBER AND NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
  • 7. HUNTING AND FISHING
  • 8. MONEY, FOOD AND MANAGING
  • 9. CONCLUSIONS: FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST FUTURES
  • APPENDIX I. Research Methods
  • APPENDIX II. Plant and Animal Names
  • NOTES AND REFERENCES
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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