Forestry and water conservation in South Africa : history, science and policy /
This innovative interdisciplinary study focuses on the history, science, and policy of tree planting and water conservation in South Africa. South Africa's forestry sector has sat - often controversially - at the crossroads of policy and scientific debates regarding water conservation, economic...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Acton, A.C.T. :
ANU Press,
2015.
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| Series: | World forest history series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Author Biographies; Preface; Introduction; 1. 'Fit the Tree to the Climate': The Cape Model of Forestry; 2. Forestry in Reconstruction South Africa: Imperial Schemes, Colonial Realities, c. 1901-1905; 3. Educating a Nascent 'South African' Forestry Corps, 1880-1932; 4. Afforestation: Politics, Labour, and Science, c. 1910-1935; 5. Competing Agendas? Afforestation, Catchment Management and indigenous Forests, c. 1910-1935; 6. 1935: The Fourth British Empire Forestry Conference in South Africa and the Origins of a Consensus Science Program.
- 7. Jonkershoek as Fulcrum: The Forest Hydrological Research Program8. Forest Hydrology in the Policy Domain; 9. 1965 to 1995: Fluctuating Fortunes and Final Dividends; 10. Devolution, Drift and New Directions, 1990-2014; Selected Bibliography.