Conservation Of Biodiversity In Africa

Author : Richard Primack,Johnny W. Wilson
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781783747535

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Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa by Richard Primack,Johnny W. Wilson Pdf

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.

Author : W.D. Newmark
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662048726

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Conserving Biodiversity in East African Forests by W.D. Newmark Pdf

Tanzania is one of the most biologically diverse nations in the world. Traveling from west to east across Tanzania, one encounters an incredible array of ecosystems and species. Beginning at Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Nyasa that form much of the western boundary of Tanzania, one finds the most diverse and some of the most spectacular concentrations of endemic fish in any of the world's lakes. Moving further inland from the lakes, one meets the woodlands and plains of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara. The assemblages and movements of large mammals in these protected areas are unparalleled worldwide. Traveling yet further to the east, one comes to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro is of sufficient height to not only contain seven major vegetation zones, but also maintain permanent glaciers. Finally, shortly before arriving at the Indian Ocean, one encounters the Eastern Arc Mountains, a series of isolated and geologically ancient mountains, which due to their height and proximity to the Indian Ocean intercept sufficient precipitation to support, in many areas, moist tropical forest. The Eastern Arc Mountains are among the richest sites biologically in all of Africa and harbor unusually high concentrations of endemic species - species whose geographic distribution are restricted to these mountains. Unfortunately, much of Tanzania's biodiversity is threatened by habitat alteration, destruction, and exploitation. The Eastern Arc forests face some of the most severe threats to any of Tanzania's biologically unique sites.

Author : S. N. Stuart,Richard J. Adams,Martin Jenkins
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831700213

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Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands by S. N. Stuart,Richard J. Adams,Martin Jenkins Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011605669

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African Biodiversity by Anonim Pdf

Author : S.S. Ajayi
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780128169629

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Wildlife Conservation in Africa by S.S. Ajayi Pdf

Wildlife Conservation in Africa: A Scientific Approach presents comprehensive management strategies for the consumptive and non-consumptive utilization of wildlife across Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes African economies that are currently dependent on wildlife resources and prescribes strategies for conserving biodiversity in both forests and animals in ecosystems across the continent. The book covers the history and current status of how Africa's culture, traditions, healthcare and food sources are woven intricately around the local wildlife and resources. It is a necessary resource for researchers and practitioners in wildlife and ecological conservation, but is also useful for administrators and managers of protected areas. Written by the world's leading expert on African wildlife conservation Uses over 45 years of research and knowledge on the topic Provides a detailed categorization of conservation areas across Sub-Saharan Africa Covers both in-situ and ex-situ conservation methods for wildlife

Author : Sylvester Chibueze Izah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811933251

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Biodiversity in Africa: Potentials, Threats and Conservation by Sylvester Chibueze Izah Pdf

This edited work brings out a comprehensive collection of information on Potentials, Threats and Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa. The main focus of this book is to address the sustainability of Biodiversity of Africa. Biodiversity are organisms that typically have life and possess the characteristics of living things. The biodiversity is being affected by human activities as well as natural effects. This in turn is affecting the uses of biodiversity which are mainly food and medicine. Therefore it will be useful to point possible means of conserving biodiversity of African so as to enhance the sustainability of their uses especially in Africa. This book is of interest and useful to biodiversity experts, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation of native flora and fauna in the area. It will also be useful to environmental and agricultural scientists, foresters, horticulturists, ecologists, and valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students (undergraduate and Post graduate) in the region.

Author : Jim Webster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : WISC:89052986825

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Conserving Biodiversity in Africa by Jim Webster Pdf

Author : Charles Perrings
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015050284044

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The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Charles Perrings Pdf

Reporting on a research project, environmental economists, most from York University, offer case studies of the economic causes of biodiversity loss in a range of ecosystems, including wetlands, montane forests, tropical moist forests, semi-arid savannas, and lakes, discussing the policy options for conserving biodiversity in each case. They also analyze in detail the environmental consequences of policy reform in Ghana on the large and small scale, and present practical recommendations for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity. Among the other areas they consider are the Hadejiia-Nguru wetlands of northern Nigeria, Nyae Nyae in Namibia, the Marsabit Forest Reserve, and demersal and gillnet fisheries in Malawi. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Bernhard A. Huber,Bradley J. Sinclair,Karl-Heinz Lampe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387243207

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African Biodiversity by Bernhard A. Huber,Bradley J. Sinclair,Karl-Heinz Lampe Pdf

In May 2004, the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum hosted the Fifth International Symposium on Tropical Biology. This series was established at the ZFMK in the early 1980s, and has variably focused on systematics and ecology of tropical organisms, with an emphasis on Africa. Previous volumes are those edited by Schuchmann (1985), Peters and Hutterer (1990), Ulrich (1997), and Rheinwald (2000). The symposium in 2004 was organized by the Entomology Department under the direction of Michael Schmitt. The intention was to focus on Africa rather than on a particular taxon, and to highlight biodiversity at all levels ranging from molecules to ecosystems. This focus was timely partly because of the currently running BIOTA Africa programmes (BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa). BIOTA is an interdisciplinary research project focusing on sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity in Africa (http://www.biote-africa.de). Session titles were Biogeography and Speciation Processes, Phylogenetic Patterns and Systematics, Diversity Declines and Conservation, and Applied Biodiversity Informatics. Each session was opened by an invited speaker, and all together 77 lectures and 59 posters were presented. There were over 200 participants and it was gratifying to us to meet colleagues from 26 nations, including Russia, Ukraine, Japan, USA, and ten African countries. We thank all participants for their valuable contributions.

Author : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Species Survival Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:633009754

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Biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Islands by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Species Survival Commission Pdf

Author : Ramutsindela, Maano,Matose, Frank,Mushonga, Tafadzwa
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800885615

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The Violence of Conservation in Africa by Ramutsindela, Maano,Matose, Frank,Mushonga, Tafadzwa Pdf

Offering insights on violence in conservation, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state in Africa pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa.

Author : Kudzai Makombe
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831701937

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Sharing the Land by Kudzai Makombe Pdf

Author : S.S. Ajayi
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780128173305

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Wildlife Conservation in Africa by S.S. Ajayi Pdf

Wildlife Conservation in Africa: A Scientific Approach presents comprehensive management strategies for the consumptive and non-consumptive utilization of wildlife across Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes African economies that are currently dependent on wildlife resources and prescribes strategies for conserving biodiversity in both forests and animals in ecosystems across the continent. The book covers the history and current status of how Africa’s culture, traditions, healthcare and food sources are woven intricately around the local wildlife and resources. It is a necessary resource for researchers and practitioners in wildlife and ecological conservation, but is also useful for administrators and managers of protected areas. Written by the world’s leading expert on African wildlife conservation Uses over 45 years of research and knowledge on the topic Provides a detailed categorization of conservation areas across Sub-Saharan Africa Covers both in-situ and ex-situ conservation methods for wildlife

Author : Bila-Isia Inogwabini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030387280

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Reconciling Human Needs and Conserving Biodiversity: Large Landscapes as a New Conservation Paradigm by Bila-Isia Inogwabini Pdf

Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. Protected areas have often been defined as the backbones of biodiversity conservation. However, legitimate demands formulated by countries for their economic development, growing human populations, forest fragmentations, and needs of local communities for sustainable livelihoods are also pressing demands on protected areas, stringently pressuring conservation community to identify means to reconcile long term biodiversity conservation and communities’ livelihoods. Hence, integrating conservation activities within the global framework of economic development of countries with high biodiversity had become part of conservation paradigms. Integrated development as a route to conservation, strict protected areas, community managed areas, etc. have been tried but resulted in debatable outcomes in many ways. The lukewarm nature of these results brought ‘landscape approach’ at the front of biodiversity conservation in Central Africa. Since the late 1990s the landscape approach uses large areas with different functional attributes and shifts foundational biodiversity conservation paradigms. Changes are brought to the role traditionally attributed to local communities, aligning sustainable development with conservation and stretching conservation beyond the confines of traditional protected areas. These three shifts need a holistic approach to respond to different conservation questions. There are only a few instances where the landscape experience has been scientifically documented and lessons learnt drawn into a corpus of knowledge to guide future conservation initiatives across Central Africa. To subjugate one biodiversity conservation landscape as one case study emerged as a matter of urgency to present the potential knowledge acquired throughout the landscape experiment, including leadership and management, processes tried, results (at least partially) achieved, and why such and such other process or management arrangement were been chosen among many other alternatives, etc. The challenges of the implementation of the conservation landscape approach needed also to be documented. This book responds to the majority of these questions; drawing its content from the firsthand field knowledge, it discusses these shifts and documents what has been tried, how successful (unsuccessful) it was, and what lessons learnt from these trials. Theoretical questions such as threat index, and ecological services, etc. are also discussed and gaps in knowledge are identified.

Author : Jonathan Davies,Jonathan Mark Davies
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415501828

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Conservation and Sustainable Development by Jonathan Davies,Jonathan Mark Davies Pdf

Linking Practice and Policy in Eastern Africa.