Isle of Fire
The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar
Cloth $59.00
ISBN: 9780226461403
Published July 2004
Paper $28.00
ISBN: 9780226461410
Published July 2004
Acknowledgments Glossary Part One: The Fire Problem 1. The Isle of Fire: Problem, Theory, and Setting 2. The Nature of Fire: Bad Fire, Good Fire, Complex Fire Part Two: Landscape Burning and Livelihoods 3. Grassland Fire: The Agropastoral Logic of Fire across the Highlands 4. Woodland Fire: Fire and Rural Economy in the Tapia Woodlands 5. Forest Fire: Slash-and-Burn Farmers on a Forest Frontier Part Three: Fire Politics 6. The Struggle over Fire: Criminalization and Resistance 7. Fire Politics: A History of State Antifire Efforts 8. Empowering Rural Fire Setters: Towards Community-Based Fire Management 9. Conclusion Appendices 1. Official Statistics of Annual Fire Extent 2. Summary of Legislation and Government Acts Relevant to Fire, 1896-1998 References Index
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