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Maasailand Ecology

Pastoralist Development and Wildlife Conservation in Ngorongoro, Tanzania

K M Homewood author W A Rodgers author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th Aug '04

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This book explores the perceived problems, ecological facts and possible management solutions behind the case of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the heart of Maasailand is one of the world's most important conservation heritage areas. This book centres on a field study of the Ngorongoro Maasai and their herds, around which present knowledge of African rangeland, wildlife, livestock and pastoralist ecology is brought together and analysed. Management problems in Ngorongoro encapsulate many of the major debates in the ecology and conservation of African savannas. This book explores perceived problems, ecological facts and possible management solutions. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors argue a highly charged issue in terms of ecological fact and theory. This is an essential book for all those interested in the interface between wildlife conservation and human land use, whether professional ecologists or biologists, conservationists or resource managers, development workers or rural planners, and more generally, all those concerned with the ecological facts behind environmental and development issues.

ISBN: 9780521607490

Dimensions: 245mm x 189mm x 17mm

Weight: 596g

324 pages