Land redistribution in Zimbabwe has been a subject for intense debate. Nonetheless, previous research has tended to focus on the political, social and economic dimensions, with very little attention on the ecology. This book explores the ecological impacts of Zimbabwes third phase of the land redistribution programme: the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP 2000-2002). Research undertaken at Makarara farm, based on multi-temporal LANDSAT imagery, depicts spatio-temporal land-use/cover changes, culminating in the years subsequent to the FTLRP. Land-use/cover map overlays show that farmland...