Wildlife, Wild Death: Land Use and Survival in Eastern Africa

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SUNY Press, 1986 M01 1 - 173 pages
This book examines the relationship between agricultural land use and wildlife protection in two eastern African countries--Kenya and Tanzania. Although both elements are vital to the societies and economies of these countries, environmentally sensitive land-use practices and effective wildlife management are seriously lacking in Kenya and Tanzania. Within the broader context of environmental public policy, the book traces the origins of these problems in the different policy experiences of the two countries and explores their current dimensions and magnitudes. It also recommends future research and policy reforms that must be undertaken if Kenya and Tanzania are to achieve their developmental goals while avoiding environmental disaster and the extinction of their endangered wild animals. Through its analysis, the book provides a better understanding of similar conflicts wherever they appear in a world of increasing competition among threatened life forms.
 

Contents

Land Use and Wildlife in Eastern African History Creating a Policy Problem
6
Land Use and Wildlife in Modern Tanzania
21
Land Use and Wildlife in Modern Kenya
68
LandUse and Wildlife Policy in Perspective Competing Demands and Uncertain Capacities
115
Notes
147
References
156
Index
163
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Rodger Yeager is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Graduate Program in Public Policy at West Virginia University.

Norman N. Miller is Adjunct Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at Dartmouth College.

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