Forestry and Water Conservation in South Africa

History, Science and Policy

Fred Kruger, Brett Bennett

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ANU Press
01 November 2015

Central government policies; Forestry & related industries; Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation

Series: World Forest History Series

This innovative interdisciplinary study focuses on the history, science, and policy of tree planting and water conservation in South Africa. South Africa’s forestry sector has sat—often controversially—at the crossroads of policy and scientific debates regarding water conservation, economic development, and biodiversity protection.

By: Fred Kruger, Brett Bennett
Imprint: ANU Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 176mm,
ISBN: 9781925022834
ISBN 10: 1925022838
Series: World Forest History Series
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 November 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

'Fit the Tree to the Climate': The Cape Model of Forestry Forestry in Reconstruction South Africa: Imperial Schemes, Colonial Realities, c. 1901–1905 Educating a Nascent ‘South African’ Forestry Corps, 1880–1932 Afforestation: Politics, Labour, and Science, c. 1910–1935 Competing Agendas? Afforestation, Catchment Management and Indigenous Forests, c. 1910–1935 1935: The Fourth British Empire Forestry Conference in South Africa and the Origins of a Consensus Science Program Jonkershoek as Fulcrum: The Forest Hydrological Research Program Forest Hydrology in the Policy Domain 1965 to 1995: Fluctuating Fortunes and Final Dividends Devolution, Drift and New Directions, 1990–2014