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Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa
- John W. Wilson(author)
- Richard B. Primack(author)
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| Title | Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Contributor | John W. Wilson(author) |
| Richard B. Primack(author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0177 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0177 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Copyright | John W. Wilson; Richard B. Primack |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Publication place | Cambridge, UK |
| Published on | 2019-09-08 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78374-750-4 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-78374-751-1 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-78374-752-8 (PDF) | |
| 978-1-80064-591-2 (HTML) | |
| 978-1-78374-755-9 (XML) | |
| 978-1-78374-753-5 (EPUB) | |
| 978-1-78374-754-2 (MOBI) | |
| Short abstract | 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. |
| Long abstract | 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. |
| Print length | 694 pages (xxxiv+660) |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 203 x 48 x 254 mm | 8" x 1.89" x 10" (Paperback) |
| 203 x 52 x 254 mm | 8" x 2.06" x 10" (Hardback) | |
| Weight | 4042g | 142.58oz (Paperback) |
| 4621g | 163.00oz (Hardback) | |
| Media | 223 illustrations |
| 16 tables | |
| OCLC Number | 1193076125 |
| LCCN | 2019452860 |
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Contents
1. What is Conservation Biology?
(pp. 1–22)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
2. Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa
(pp. 23–60)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
3. What is Biodiversity?
(pp. 61–90)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
4. Why Should We Protect Biodiversity?
(pp. 91–132)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
5. The Scramble for Space
(pp. 133–166)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
6. Our Warming World
(pp. 167–202)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
8. Extinction Is Forever
(pp. 257–296)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
9. Applied Population Biology
(pp. 297–326)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
10. Conserving Ecosystems
(pp. 327–376)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
11. Preventing Extinctions
(pp. 377–430)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
12. Biodiversity and the Law
(pp. 431–464)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
13. The Importance of Protected Areas
(pp. 465–518)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
14. Conservation on Unprotected Lands
(pp. 519–558)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
15. An Agenda for the Future
(pp. 559–588)- John Wilson
- Richard Primack
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