Geographies of environmental intervention in Africa

This article analyses geographical assumptions underlying the latest in a long history of environmental interventions in Africa, including: 1) the distinct political problems of managing natural resources under the divergent ecological conditions of dearth and diversity; 2) the attempt by planners to resolve spatial conflicts arising in connection with land-use zoning strategies (protected areas, buffer zones, wildlife corridors); 3) the changed political ecological relationships resulting from the commodification of natural resources; and 4) the politics of scale embedded in environmental planning efforts.