Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa
- ISBN-10
- 191983365X
- ISBN-13
- 9781919833651
- Category
- Fire ecology
- Pages
- 446
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- African Minds
- Authors
- Johann Georg Goldammer, Cornelis De Ronde
Description
Africa is a fire continent. Since the early evolution of humanity, fire has been harnessed as a land-use tool. Many ecosystems of Sub-Sahara Africa that have been shaped by fire over millennia provide a high carrying capacity for human populations.
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