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Highland Sanctuary - Environmental History in Tanzania’s Usambara Mountains (Paperback, 1)
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Highland Sanctuary - Environmental History in Tanzania’s Usambara Mountains (Paperback, 1)
Series: Series in Ecology and History
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FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE WORLD has recognized the extraordinary
biological diversity of the forests of Tanzania's Usambara
Mountains. As international attention has focused on forest
conservation, farmers, foresters, biologists, and the Tanzanian
state have realized that only complex negotiations will save these
treasured, but rapidly disappearing, landscapes. Highland Sanctuary
unravels the complex interactions among agriculture, herding,
forestry, the colonial state, and the landscape itself. In his
examination of the region's history of ecological transformation,
Christopher Conte demonstrates how these forces have combined to
create an ever-changing mosaic of forest and field. His study
illuminates the debate over conservation, arguing that contingency
and chance, the stuff of human history, have shaped forests in ways
that rival the power of nature. In Highland Sanctuary, the forest
becomes part of human history, rather than something outside of it.
Highland Sanctuary cuts through a legacy of contention and ill will
to inform contemporary conservation initiatives. Professor Conte
explains how ecological changes take divergent paths in similar
environments, in this case on mountains that harbor unique flora
and fauna, and how these mountain environments achieve
international importance as centers of biodiversity.
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