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Evaluating the Effects of Colonialism on Deforestation in Madagascar: A Social and Environmental History

Randrup, Claudia Moon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1277525774

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2010, BA, Oberlin College, History.
This project examines the historical roots of deforestation during Madagascar's colonial period in order to shed light on contemporary conservation efforts. Through activities ranging from logging concessions and the encouragement of cash crop production, the French colonial government directly caused massive forest loss. Restrictive protectionist conservation legislation failed to adequately protect forest reserves, instead prompting many Malagasy to use the forests as tools of resistance to colonial governance. Furthermore, Madagascar's convergent colonial and environmental history created a problematic association between colonialism and conservation that has persisted post-independence. I will address the formation of this association and its consequences for both the French colonial government and the international conservation effort.
Michael Fisher (Advisor)
73 p.
History
Madagascar; colonialism; deforestation; conservation

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  • Randrup, C. M. (2010). Evaluating the Effects of Colonialism on Deforestation in Madagascar: A Social and Environmental History [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1277525774

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Randrup, Claudia. Evaluating the Effects of Colonialism on Deforestation in Madagascar: A Social and Environmental History. 2010. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1277525774.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Randrup, Claudia. "Evaluating the Effects of Colonialism on Deforestation in Madagascar: A Social and Environmental History." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1277525774

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