Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

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...

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Auteurs principaux: Wilson, John W., Primack, Richard B., 1950-...., biologiste (Directeur de la publication)
Formato: Livre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado em: Cambridge : Open Book Publishers 2020.
Marseille : OpenEdition
Acesso em linha:Ressource accessible en libre accès
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Nota: Description d'après la consultation, 2020-05-26
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La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : XXXIV-660 p.
OpenEdition Books (freemium)
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Resumo: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.
Descrição do item:Description d'après la consultation, 2020-05-26
Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : XXXIV-660 p.
OpenEdition Books (freemium)
Formato:Navigateur Web
Bibliografia:Bibliogr.
ISBN:9781783747528
Acesso:L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition.