Protected areas appear to be examples of Marx's primitive accumulation, complete with acts
of enclosure, dispossession, dissolution of the commons and accumulation. There are limits …

This review shows that there is a fertile field of study on drought within the humanities and
social sciences that produces a complex scientific understanding of droughts as socio …

Institutions that manage small-scale fisheries across the globe can be locally based, state
controlled or of a mixed, cross-scale nature. The latter arrangement, widely known as co …

A survey of African environmental history during in the period 1994 to 2004 is is provided
and distinctions between the environmental history of Africa and that of other geo-regions …

Migration is a major factor shaping protected area landscapes. Combining historical
narratives with interview, census, and satellite data, we investigate the ways in which …

Despite recent interest in sacred (fetish) groves as remnant forests, few studies have
investigated their sustainability and conservation role in West Africa. This article employs a …

Much of the Africanist literature that has emerged on postcolonial politics and society over
the past four decades has emphasized the shaping influence of colo-nial rule on forms of …

Malawi is the most densely populated country in southern Africa, and its economy and the
livelihoods of the vast majority of its people are dependent on agriculture. Rural land is …

Using social science narrative analysis, we studied how people who live next to Bwindi
Impenetrable National Park (Bwindi INP) in Uganda narrate about their situation. We found a …

There is increased international interest in religiously based restrictions on land and forest
stand use. However, the extent to which so-called sacred groves represent earlier forest …