Deforestation, erosion, and fire: Degradation myths in the environmental history of Madagascar

Environment and History

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-450

  Kull, C A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degradation; Environmental narratives; Forest history; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FIRE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0034503027     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734000129342361     Document Type: Article

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