Download or read book The Rise of Conservation in South Africa written by William Beinart and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a major and innovative contribution to the environmental history of settler societies and of South Africa. The Cape, like Australia, became a major exporter of wool. Vast numbers of sheep flooded its semi-arid plains and rapidly transformed its fragile natural pastures. This book analyses the development of conservationalist ideas over the long term in South Africa as a response to these problems.