Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa /
Wilson, John W.
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa / John W. Wilson, Richard B. Primack. - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2020. - xxxiv-660 p.
Ebook
This book 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, and scientists who live and work throughout the region are featured in each chapter.
CC-BY-4.0
978-1-78374-752-8
Environmental Studies
textbook
sustainability
conservation
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
biodiversity
environmental laws
protected areas management
poverty
human-wildlife
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa / John W. Wilson, Richard B. Primack. - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2020. - xxxiv-660 p.
Ebook
This book 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, and scientists who live and work throughout the region are featured in each chapter.
CC-BY-4.0
978-1-78374-752-8
Environmental Studies
textbook
sustainability
conservation
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
biodiversity
environmental laws
protected areas management
poverty
human-wildlife
