Eastern Cape

Latitude: 
-32.00
Longitude: 
26.00
GeoNames ID: 
1 085 593
Geofield: 
POINT (26 -32)

"The Conservation and Utilisation of the Natural World: Silviculture in the Cape Colony, c. 1902–1910"

This paper explores the ideology of forest conservation and the evolution of silviculture in the post bellum Cape, as well as the socio-economic impact of these policies, focusing in particular on African populations residing in the Eastern Cape and the impoverished woodcutters from the Knysna Forests.