Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa
"Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threat...
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| author | Wilson, W. Johnny Primack, Richard B |
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| description | "Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region.
Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography.
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-362242025-01-27T15:51:30Z Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa Wilson, W. Johnny Primack, Richard B Sub-Saharan Africa textbook conservation biodiversity environmental laws protected areas management sustainability poverty human-wildlife conflict Africa textbook Textbook thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HF Sub-Saharan Africa thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment::RNKH Conservation of wildlife and habitats "Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region. Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. " 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-09-15 14:44:36 2020-04-01T10:07:25Z 2019 book 1005400 OCN: 1120696530 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24711 9781783747504 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36224 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24711/1/9781783747528.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24711/1/9781783747528.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24711/1/9781783747528.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24711/1/9781783747528.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24711/1/9781783747528.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24711/1/9781783747528.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0177 10.11647/OBP.0177 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781783747504 ScholarLed 694 open access |
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