Deforestation in the Madagascar Highlands - Established truth and scientific uncertainty

Auteur :
KLEIN, J.

Description :
This paper questions the deforestation narrative of Madagascar and points at alternative explanations for present day land cover. By the use of alternative sources of information the paper presents a counter-narrative that sees the treeless rolling planes of Madagascar as a result of several abiotic and biotic changes and not as the work of one single agent. The paper points at the political nature of the deforestation narrative as an explanation for its hegemonic position. On a theoretical level the paper makes an attempt to investigate the epistemological implication of a social constructivist approach to environmental discourses in Third World settings.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
GeoJournal, issn : 0343-2521, 2002, vol. 56, n°. 3, p. 191-199, nombre de pages : 9, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 55 ref.

Date :
2002

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Heidelberg, Springer