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Highland Sanctuary : Environmental History in Tanzania's Usambara Mountains - Christopher A. Conte

Highland Sanctuary

Environmental History in Tanzania's Usambara Mountains

By: Christopher A. Conte

Paperback | 8 June 2004

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For More Than A Century, The World has recognized the extraordinary biological diversity of the forests of Tanzania's Usambara Mountains. As international attention has focused on forest conservation, farmers, foresters, biologists, and the Tanzanian state have realized that only complex negotiations will save these treasured, but rapidly disappearing, landscapes. Highland Sanctuary unravels the complex interactions among agriculture, herding, forestry, the colonial state, and the landscape itself. In his examination of the region's history of ecological transformation, Christopher Conte demonstrates how these forces have combined to create an ever-changing mosaic of forest and field. His study illuminates the debate over conservation, arguing that contingency and chance, the stuff of human history, have shaped forests in ways that rival the power of nature. In Highland Sanctuary, the forest becomes part of human history, rather than something outside of it. Highland Sanctuary cuts through a legacy of contention and ill will to inform contemporary conservation initiatives. Professor Conte explains how ecological changes take divergent paths in similar environments, in this case on

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"This fascinating study deserves the attention of a wide variety of scholars and development experts. Highly recommended." * Choice *
"This is a notable addition to the environmental history of Tanzania. It is a work that neatly blends archival and field research, and the approach of the author is both sensitive and humane." * American Historical Review *
"Conte's history is a solid one...His volume is a useful addition to the corpus of environmental case studies in East Africa." * The International Journal of African Historical Studies *

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