1st Edition

Agriculture, Foraging and Wildlife Resource Use in Africa Cultural and Political Dynamics in the Zambezi Valley

By Richard Hasler Copyright 1996
232 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1996 Can wildlife utilization become a sustainable alternative means of land usage? This anthropological study reveals the intricate web of socio-cultural forces at play in wildlife management in Africa, shedding light on many issues central to the management of natural resources around the world. Based on two years of fieldwork in a remote part of the Zambezi valley, where... Read more

1 Introduction 2 An Introduction to Chapoto Ward (Kanyemba) 3 Agriculture and Foraging in Competition with Wildlife 4 The Cultural and Political Dynamics of Wildlife Resource Use in Chapoto Ward 5 Coping with Wildlife 6 Gardeners of Elephants: Competing Bundles of Rights to Wildlife 7 Conclusion

Biography

Richard Hasler is a research fellow employed by the Centre of Applied Social Science at the University of Zimbabwe.