{"product_id":"things-fall-apart-the-political-ecology-of-forest-governance-in-southern-nigeria-9780857459893","title":"Things Fall Apart?: The Political Ecology of Forest Governance in Southern Nigeria","description":"\u003cp\u003e Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria's Edo State, once the showcase of scientific forestry in West Africa, large-scale forest conversion and the virtual depletion of timber stocks are invariably attributed to recent failures in forest management, and are seen as yet another instance of how \"things fall apart\" in Nigeria. Through an in-depth historical and ethnographic study of forestry in Edo State, this book challenges this routine linking of political and ecological crisis narratives. It shows that the roots of many of today's problems lie in scientific forest management itself, rather than its recent abandonment, and moreover that many \"illegal\" local practices improve rather than reduce biodiversity and forest cover. The book therefore challenges preconceptions about contemporary Nigeria and highlights the need to reevaluate current understandings of what constitutes \"good governance\" in tropical forestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pauline Von Hellermann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857459893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHellermann, Pauline Von:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePauline von Hellermann\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has conducted research on landscapes and politics in Nigeria and Tanzania and is editor of \u003cem\u003eMultisited Ethnography: Problems and Possibilities in the Translocation of Research Methods\u003c\/em\u003e (with Simon Coleman, Routledge, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Library Binding","offer_id":44185119785075,"sku":"9.78086E+12","price":213.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8bb568b8-f8dd-4ab1-bf6e-07b8a1f8f657.jpg?v=1767101080","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/things-fall-apart-the-political-ecology-of-forest-governance-in-southern-nigeria-9780857459893","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}