Crocodile crimes: People versus wildlife and the politics of postcolonial conservation on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-369

  McGregor, JoAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal geographies; Conservation; Environmental conflict; Postcolonialism; Southern Africa; Wildlife and fisheries management

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POST-COLONIALISM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE KARIBA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 16244408026     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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