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The image of Africa in the modern world has come to be shaped by perceptions of the drylands and their problems of poverty, drought, degradation, and famine. Michael Mortimore offers an alternative and revisionist thesis, dismissing on theoretical and empirical grounds the conventional view of runaway desertification, driven by population growth and inappropriate land use. In its place he suggests a more optimistic model of sustainable land use, based on researched case studies from East and West Africa where indigenous technological adaptation has put population growth and market opportunities to advantage. He also proposes a more appropriate set of policy priorities to support dryland peoples in their efforts to sustain land and livelihoods. The result is a remarkably clear synthesis of much of the best work that has emerged over past years.

Arid regions agriculture --- Desertification --- Desert resources development --- Sustainable development --- Earth Sciences --- Geography --- Arid regions agriculture - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Desertification - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Desert resources development - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Sustainable development - Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Desert development --- Development of desert resources --- Deserts --- Natural resources --- Aridization of land --- Desertization --- Climatology --- Dryland agriculture --- Dryland farming --- Agriculture --- Crop zones --- Desert reclamation

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This book will serve as a historical reference, a technical document and as a basis for policy formulation. It is one of the first attempts in modern times to look at the big picture, both historically and currently, on the African sub-continent as it applies to conservation, development, human rights and foreign policy. These volumes contain twelve color photographs and fifteen black and white photographs.

Conservation of natural resources -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Natural resources -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Management. --- Sustainable development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Wildlife conservation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Wildlife management -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. --- Wildlife management --- Wildlife conservation --- Natural resources --- Conservation of natural resources --- Sustainable development --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Animal Sciences --- Conservation of resources --- Natural resources conservation --- Resources conservation, Natural --- Environmental protection --- Natural resources conservation areas --- National resources --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Animal conservation --- Animals --- Conservation of wildlife --- Preservation of wildlife --- Protection of wildlife --- Species conservation --- Species preservation --- Species protection --- Wildlife preservation --- Wildlife protection --- Wildlife resources conservation --- Wildlife resources preservation --- Wildlife resources protection --- Nature conservation --- Endangered species --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Management --- Conservation --- Economic aspects