Botswana: Fencing out the equity issue. Cattleposts and cattle ranching in the Kalahari Desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-517

  Perkins, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; cattle ranching; hunter gatherers; Kalahari; rangeland degradation

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

CATTLE RANCHING; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; PASTORALISTS; RANGE DEGRADATION;

BEEF; BOTSWANA; CATTLE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; POLICY; POLITICS; RANGELAND;

BOTSWANA, KALAHARI DESERT;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030201531     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0086     Document Type: Article

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