Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania

by Dan Brockington

Do cattle destroy a wilderness? Does a wilderness need to be devoid of people in order to be "saved"? In this hard-hitting book, Dan Brockington argues that the dominant approach to wildlife conservation in Africa has more to do with Western views of the environment than with what is appropriate for African people and herds. He focuses on the Tanzanian government's decision to evict people and cattle from the Mkomazi Game Reserve in 1988, but he also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025321520X
• ISBN13: 9780253215208
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher