Lost in translation: Conflicting views of deforestation, land use and identity in western Madagascar

Geographical Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-79

  Scales, Ivan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental discourse; Ethnic identity; Forest; Madagascar; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEFORESTATION; ETHNICITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FORESTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MADAGASCAR; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

MADAGASCAR; MENABE; TOLIARA;

EID: 84856223343     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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