GEOG 1700 Lecture 11: Sub Saharan Africa
Document Summary
Environmental conditions influence how and where people live. Gender , ethnicity and age relative wealth affect interactions with environment. Ex: women gathering water/firewood, rural areas: may constrain opportunities for other activities. Ex: young sudanese boys working as herders. Daily activities/interaction affect understanding of environment and environmental change. Mental maps drawn by young sudanese herders reflects boys intricate understanding of environment. Colonial authorities seized and controlled best land. 1930s land appropriation act in rhodesia (today: zimbabwe) Europeans < 2% population: controlled 50% of land. Indigenous population= 98. 5% population, < 30% of land. Big 5: elephants, lions, rhinoceros, leopards, african/cape buffalo. Ecotourism: nature based tourism; booltersted african park system. Big business in kenya, tanzania, botswana, south africa. Leading source of foreign exchange in kenya. Transnational parks: parks that span national borders. Creation of larger tracts of land: biodiversity conservation. South africa: post- apartheid; helped establish 6 transboundary parks with neighbors.
