A historical political ecology of land use in the southeastern Peanut Basin of Senegal

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Title:	A historical political ecology of land use in the southeastern Peanut Basin of Senegal
Author:	Pires, Mark
Year:	2012
Periodical:	African Geographical Review (ISSN 1937-6812)
Volume:	31
Issue:	2
Pages:	95-110
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Senegal
Subjects:	agricultural ecology land use rural population natural resource management
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19376812.2012.715992
Abstract:	This article presents a history of twentieth century human occupation and agricultural expansion in the southeastern Peanut Basin in Senegal, West Africa. Using a political ecology conceptual framework, the author describes social and cultural characteristics of the region's population relevant to an analysis of environmental challenges that have affected the region over time. He also addresses the significance of State intervention, during both colonial and postcolonial times, in agricultural resettlement schemes that were intended to control access to land-based resources in this less densely populated part of the country. A discussion of more recent studies on environmental change and land use in the Peanut Basin illustrates the importance of understanding the region's past in order to address its contemporary environmental challenges. This examination of historical land use dynamics in the southeastern Peanut Basin informs current conditions and future concerns regarding natural resource management in the region. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]