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Title:Towards an exploration of game control and land conservation in colonial Mangochi 1891-1964
Author:Njaidi, DavidISNI
Year:1995
Periodical:The Society of Malawi Journal
Volume:48
Issue:2
Pages:1-25
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Malawi
Central Africa
Subjects:wildlife protection
erosion
History, Archaeology
history
imperialism
nature conservation
environmental degradation
Mangochi (Malawi)
Game protection
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/29778736
Abstract:Conservation measures on land in Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) became necessary from the beginning of the 20th century because of the noticeable environmental degradation in terms of soil erosion and destruction of vegetation. Notwithstanding the colonial government's good intentions, conservation measures were doomed to failure because of the manner in which they were implemented. They did not take into account the interests of the local people and caused them a great deal of suffering as a result. The author assesses the impact of game control and land conservation in Mangochji District, then known as Fort Johnston, in the period between the establishment of colonial rule in 1891 and the attainment of independence in 1964. He notes that game preservation measures were unnecessary to the indigenous people because unlike Europeans, who hunted or killed game for sport, Africans were not party to the depletion of game evident in the early 1900s in areas mostly populated by Europeans. Moreover, African access to firearms had become restricted under the various colonial government ordinances. Land conservation measures for their part were conceived and carried out along racial lines, with Europeans tending to see the Africans as the greatest polluters of the environment and not themselves. Bibliogr., ref.
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