Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa

List of contents

1. Political Ecologies of Carbon in Africa 2. Forest Carbon Projects and Policies in Africa 3. Climate Emergency, Carbon Capture and Coercive Conservation on Mt. Kilimanjaro 4.Carbon in Africa’s Agricultural Landscapes A Kenyan Case 5. ‘Zones of Awkward Engagement’ in Ugandan Carbon Forestry 6. Implementing REDD+: Evidence from Kenya 7. Carbon Projects and Communities: Dynamic Encounters in Zambia 8. Struggles over Carbon in the Zambezi Valley: The Case of Kariba REDD in Hurungwe, Zimbabwe 9. Farming Carbon in Ghana’s Transition Zone: Rhetoric versus Reality 10. Old Reserve, New Carbon Interests: The Case of the Western Area Peninsula Forest, Sierra Leone

About the author

Melissa Leach is Director of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
Ian Scoones is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and co-directs the ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Scoones Leach
• Assisted by: Melissa Leach (Editor), Leach Melissa (Editor), Ian Scoones (Editor), Scoones Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138824829
• ISBN: 978-1-138-82482-9
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Pathways to Sustainability
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Biodiversity, environmental science, engineering & technology, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Environmental science, engineering and technology