British Forestry Policy in Mandate Palestine, 1929-48: Aims and Realities.(Statistical Data Included)

From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: July 1, 1999| Author: EL-EINI, ROZA I.M. | Copyright information

The political, ecological and social impacts of UK forestry policy are examined, specifically those implemented in pre- and post-World War II Palestine. These included increased conflicts between citizens and government over land use, as plantings in disputed areas raised questions concerning ownership.

My picture thus embraces planted belts of timber on the sky-line and upper slopes of the hills: lower down a more open formation of olives, carobs, walnuts and mulberry, and in the...

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