Jay Mistry is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Andrea Berardi is a Lecturer for the Open University, UK.

'Savannas and dry forests are immensely important biomes, which provide a very suitable environment in which to examine human-nature relationships - the core of Geography. An international team of contributors provides expert analyses of these relationships in the context of both the Americas and Africa. The book is a clever blend of case studies and general issues.' Andrew Goudie, St Cross College, University of Oxford, UK 'The book may in particular serve as a great resource for students as it includes many accessible and cutting-edge chapters on various dryland issues.' Human Ecology

• Contents: Introduction, Jayalaxshmi Mistry and Andrea Berardi; Framing field expansion strategies in the savanna biome - land use and land cover dynamics in and around Tiogo Forest Reserve, Burkina Faso, D. Andrew Wardell and Anette Reenberg; Trends, cycles and entry points in the dry forest landscapes of southern Honduras and coastal Oaxaca, Adrian Barrance, Jamie Gordon and Kate Schreckenberg; Ecosystem dynamics and institutional inertia: a discussion of landscape conservation in northern Tanzania, Jim Igoe; Assessing 'overgrazing' in savannas, Richard Smith; Fire management for biological conservation in the Brazilian cerrado, Vânia R. Pivello; Managing a burned mosaic: a landscape-scale human ecological model of savanna fires in Mali, Paul Laris; Synergies in biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change: the case of hilltop forests in Kitui, Kenya, Siri Eriksen, F. Norman Gachathi, Benard Muok, Benson Ochieng and Bernard Owuor; Interactions between Sudano-Sahelian savannas and parklands in space and time: the effects on biomass and biodiversity with regards to stakeholder strategies, Denis Gautier, Didier Bazile and Nicolas Picard; Potential for mitigation of deforestation and negative off-farm impacts with conservation agriculture: employing zero tillage farming in the Brazilian cerrado, John N. Landers, Pedro L. de Freitas and Robert M. Boddey; A multidisciplinary and participatory research approach in savannas and dry forests, Andrea Berardi and Jayalaxshmi Mistry; Index.

Jay Mistry is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Andrea Berardi is a Lecturer for the Open University, UK.

'Savannas and dry forests are immensely important biomes, which provide a very suitable environment in which to examine human-nature relationships - the core of Geography. An international team of contributors provides expert analyses of these relationships in the context of both the Americas and Africa. The book is a clever blend of case studies and general issues.' Andrew Goudie, St Cross College, University of Oxford, UK 'The book may in particular serve as a great resource for students as it includes many accessible and cutting-edge chapters on various dryland issues.' Human Ecology

• Contents: Introduction, Jayalaxshmi Mistry and Andrea Berardi; Framing field expansion strategies in the savanna biome - land use and land cover dynamics in and around Tiogo Forest Reserve, Burkina Faso, D. Andrew Wardell and Anette Reenberg; Trends, cycles and entry points in the dry forest landscapes of southern Honduras and coastal Oaxaca, Adrian Barrance, Jamie Gordon and Kate Schreckenberg; Ecosystem dynamics and institutional inertia: a discussion of landscape conservation in northern Tanzania, Jim Igoe; Assessing 'overgrazing' in savannas, Richard Smith; Fire management for biological conservation in the Brazilian cerrado, Vânia R. Pivello; Managing a burned mosaic: a landscape-scale human ecological model of savanna fires in Mali, Paul Laris; Synergies in biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change: the case of hilltop forests in Kitui, Kenya, Siri Eriksen, F. Norman Gachathi, Benard Muok, Benson Ochieng and Bernard Owuor; Interactions between Sudano-Sahelian savannas and parklands in space and time: the effects on biomass and biodiversity with regards to stakeholder strategies, Denis Gautier, Didier Bazile and Nicolas Picard; Potential for mitigation of deforestation and negative off-farm impacts with conservation agriculture: employing zero tillage farming in the Brazilian cerrado, John N. Landers, Pedro L. de Freitas and Robert M. Boddey; A multidisciplinary and participatory research approach in savannas and dry forests, Andrea Berardi and Jayalaxshmi Mistry; Index.

Jay Mistry is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Andrea Berardi is a Lecturer for the Open University, UK.

'Savannas and dry forests are immensely important biomes, which provide a very suitable environment in which to examine human-nature relationships - the core of Geography. An international team of contributors provides expert analyses of these relationships in the context of both the Americas and Africa. The book is a clever blend of case studies and general issues.' Andrew Goudie, St Cross College, University of Oxford, UK 'The book may in particular serve as a great resource for students as it includes many accessible and cutting-edge chapters on various dryland issues.' Human Ecology

• Contents: Introduction, Jayalaxshmi Mistry and Andrea Berardi; Framing field expansion strategies in the savanna biome - land use and land cover dynamics in and around Tiogo Forest Reserve, Burkina Faso, D. Andrew Wardell and Anette Reenberg; Trends, cycles and entry points in the dry forest landscapes of southern Honduras and coastal Oaxaca, Adrian Barrance, Jamie Gordon and Kate Schreckenberg; Ecosystem dynamics and institutional inertia: a discussion of landscape conservation in northern Tanzania, Jim Igoe; Assessing 'overgrazing' in savannas, Richard Smith; Fire management for biological conservation in the Brazilian cerrado, Vânia R. Pivello; Managing a burned mosaic: a landscape-scale human ecological model of savanna fires in Mali, Paul Laris; Synergies in biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change: the case of hilltop forests in Kitui, Kenya, Siri Eriksen, F. Norman Gachathi, Benard Muok, Benson Ochieng and Bernard Owuor; Interactions between Sudano-Sahelian savannas and parklands in space and time: the effects on biomass and biodiversity with regards to stakeholder strategies, Denis Gautier, Didier Bazile and Nicolas Picard; Potential for mitigation of deforestation and negative off-farm impacts with conservation agriculture: employing zero tillage farming in the Brazilian cerrado, John N. Landers, Pedro L. de Freitas and Robert M. Boddey; A multidisciplinary and participatory research approach in savannas and dry forests, Andrea Berardi and Jayalaxshmi Mistry; Index.