Taboo and Political Authority in Conservation Policy: A Case Study of the Licuati Forest in Maputaland, Mozambique

In Mozambique, food shortages caused by years of civil war, an insatiable need for cheap sources of energy and a burgeoning human population have placed considerable pressure on the environment through unsustainable harvesting of natural resources. Many threatened forests lie within the development...

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Authors: Izidine, Samira A. (Author) ; Siebert, Stefan J. (Author) ; Van Wyk, Braam 1952- (Author) ; Zobolo, Alphaeus M. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2008
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2008, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 373-390
Further subjects:B Conservation
B Sacred sites
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