Initiation and maintenance of degraded landscape in the Sinamatella area of Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-78

  Tafangenyasha, Clifford ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^b  

^a Dept Natl Parks and Wildl Mgmt ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Degradation; Hwange National Park; Sinamatella area; Soil erosion; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

CORRELATIVE ANALYSIS; ERODED AREAS; EROSION LEVEL; EROSION PATTERNS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; NATIONAL PARKS; SINAMATELLUM AREA; SOIL EROSION; ZIMBABWE;

EROSION;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTECTED AREA; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; GRASS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SOIL; WILDLIFE; ZIMBABWE;

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; ZIMBABWE;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANTELOPE; COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 0031890828     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0158     Document Type: Article

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