Global Thinking and Local Action

Agriculture, Tropical Forest Loss and Conservation in Southeast Nigeria
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-70199-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2001. Based on extensive local field research undertaken in and around the Cross River National Park in Nigeria, this book provides a socio-economic study of the tensions between agriculture and nature conservation. Taking a ’bottom-up’ approach and focussing on the farm household and the dynamics of forest farming at household level, it brings together a wealth of new information on the subject of tropical forestry, the causes and dynamics of tropical rain forest loss and the problematic relations between conservation authorities in National Parks and local people. Its conclusions raise important questions about practical ways forward in the development of such areas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ite, Uwem E.

Ite, Uwem

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Global Thinking: Theoretical Issues: Introduction; Small farmers, tropical forest loss and conservation. Environmental Management Issues in Nigeria: Tropical forest loss and resource conservation in Nigeria; The Cross River national park project. Local Action: Forest Loss and Conservation in Okwangwo Division: Environment and development themes; Agricultural land use: practices and challenges; Rates and implications of forest loss in Okwangwo division; Forest conservation-with-development in Okwangwo division. Synthesis: local rates and global illusions; Bibliography; Index.