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Islands of dense forest in the savanna of 'forest' Guinea have long been
regarded both by scientists and policy-makers as the last relics of a once more
extensive forest cover, degraded and degrading fast due to its inhabitants'
land use. James Fairhead and Melissa Leach question these entrenched
assumptions. They show, on the contrary, how people have created forest islands
around their villages, and how they have turned fallow vegetation more woody,
so that population growth has implied more forest, not less. They also consider
the origins, persistence, and consequences of a century of erroneous policy.
Interweaving historical, social anthropological and ecological data, this
unique study advances a novel theoretical framework for ecological
anthropology, forcing a radical reexamination of some central tenets in each of
these disciplines. Shows how Africans enrich their land, while scientists believe they damage
it.
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Misreading the African Landscape: Society and Ecology in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic
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