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Islands of dense forest in the savanna of 'forest' Guinea have long been regarded both by scientists and policy-makers as the last relics of a once more extensive forest cover, degraded and degrading fast due to its inhabitants' land use. In this 1996 text, James Fairhead and Melissa Leach question these entrenched assumptions. They show, on the contrary, how people have created forest islands around their villages, and how they have turned fallow vegetation more woody, so that population growth has implied more forest, not less. They also consider the origins, persistence, and consequences of a century of erroneous policy. Interweaving historical, social anthropological and ecological data, this fascinating study advances a novel theoretical framework for ecological anthropology, encouraging a radical re-examination of some central tenets in each of these disciplines.

Environmental policy --- Forest ecology --- Human ecology --- Landscape assessment --- Savanna ecology --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Forestry --- Forest Ecology --- Ecology of Tropical Forests. --- Ecologie forestière --- Ecologie des savanes --- Kissidougou (Guinea : Region) --- Kissidougou (Guinée : Région administrative) --- Kissidougou (Guinée : Région administrative) --- #SBIB:39A4 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Savannas --- Ecology --- Assessment, Landscape --- Environmental perception --- Landscape evaluation --- Landscape perception --- Perception, Landscape --- Land use --- Landscape protection --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Forests and forestry --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Government policy --- Environmental conditions. --- Sociology of environment --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Guinea --- Environnement --- Ecologie forestière --- Ecologie humaine --- Paysages --- Politique gouvernementale --- Evaluation --- Environmental conditions --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Forest ecosystems --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology --- Human ecology - Guinea - Kissidougou (Region) --- Landscape assessment - Guinea - Kissidougou (Region) --- Forest ecology - Guinea - Kissidougou (Region) --- Savanna ecology - Guinea - Kissidougou (Region) --- Environmental policy - Guinea - Kissidougou (Region)