Note: Front Cover -- Wildlife Conservation in Africa: A Scientific Approach -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- What is conservation? -- Why is this book about conservation of African wildlife? -- Scope of this book -- Part 2: The importance of wildlife in the economies of African states -- Chapter 2: Utilization of forest wildlife in West Africa -- Introduction -- Important forest mammals utilized for food and animal products -- Species utilized for food and animal products -- Uses of animal products -- Pattern of bushmeat production, preservation and marketing -- Hunting tools -- Hunting techniques -- Market structure of bushmeat trade -- Preservation of bushmeat -- Economic importance of forest wildlife and its products in West Africa -- Bush meat in some national economies -- Bush meat in the economy of Ghana -- Bushmeat in the economy of Liberia -- Bush meat survey of 1989-90 as food security index in Liberia -- Bushmeat prices in Liberia -- Inter-commodity price comparison of bushmeat and domestic livestock -- Price fluctuations -- Chapter 3: A comparison of carcass composition and nutritive value of some West African forest mammals and domestic animals -- Introduction -- Nutritive value of bushmeat -- Abundance and trend of forest mammals in West Africa -- Chapter 4: Animal products in traditional medicine -- Chapter 5: Utilization of tropical forests and the wildlife conservation in West Africa -- Some options in the management of wildlife on farmlands -- Possibility for introduction and reintroduction of species -- Chapter 6: State of knowledge on tropical forest mammals and priorities for research -- An overview of wildlife research projects -- Priorities for research -- Summary and recommendations -- Chapter 7: Wildlife utilization in East and Southern Africa -- Introduction. , A comparative flow of international tourists to African countries -- The value of Namibia's wildlife assets -- Wildlife species that are major tourist attractions in Africa -- Specific economic value of wildlife-based tourism in Southern Africa -- Hunting tourism, recreational, traditional and subsistence hunting -- Socio-economic significance of hunting and angling tourism in United States of America and Europe -- Comparison with the situation in the United States of America -- Part 3: Problems and strategies of conservation of wildlife in Africa -- Chapter 8: Problems of protected (conservation) area management in Africa -- Fragile ecosystems-The problem of the Sahel and Arid Zones of Africa -- Poverty-The bane of conservation in Africa -- Poaching and illegal trade in wildlife -- Mitigation measures that are problematic to conservation -- Weak, outdated policies and legal instruments -- Inadequate government support for conservation -- Cross-sectoral issues -- Local community participation as a tool for sustainable resource use -- Objectives of local community participation schemes in Southern Africa -- Constraints that limit the effectiveness of protected area managers from reconciling the objectives of conservation of bio ... -- Lack of harmonization of conservation activities and ineffective institutional framework -- Poor financing of conservation activities in protected areas -- Dearth of research inputs -- Inadequate capacity building -- Specific training requirements for rural development -- Chapter 9: Principles for the management of protected areas -- Characteristics of "protected areas" -- Principles of in situ and ex situ conservation of biodiversity -- Principle of holistic conservation of biodiversity -- Ecological principles -- Management principles -- Tenural principle -- Economic principle. , Principle of sustainable use and rural development -- Multiple uses for sustainable management of wildlife -- Principle of natural resources conservation with local community participation in Africa -- Total ban on utilization and commercialization of wildlife -- Quasi-private ownership and commercialization of wildlife -- Chapter 10: Categories of conservation areas -- Category I: Scientific reserve/strict nature reserve -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category II: National park -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category III: Natural monuments/natural landmarks -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category IV: Nature conservation reserve/managed nature reserve/wildlife sanctuary -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category V: Protected landscape -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category VI: Resource reserve-(interim conservation unit) -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category VII: Natural biotic area/anthropological reserve -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Category VIII: Multiple use management area/managed resource area -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Internationally recognized affi1iated designations biosphere reserve -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- World Heritage Site (natural) -- Introduction -- Management objectives -- Criteria for selection and management -- Chapter 11: Strategies for reconciling the primary objectives of conservation of biodiversity with rural development -- Introduction. , Land use and management plan for conflict resolution -- System plan" as a tool for reconciling management objectives -- Trained manpower for the management of protected areas -- Policy reforms -- Legal reforms -- Chapter 12: Local community participation in wildlife conservation in Southern Africa -- The experience of Botswana game harvesting project -- The experience of Zambia (LIRDP) -- Some salient features of the LIRDP projects -- Anti-poaching -- The experience of Zambia (ADMADE) -- The political and institutional framework -- Sharing of revenue -- Distribution of income in ADMADE -- The experience of Zimbabwe (CAMPFIRE) -- Institutional framework for CAMPFIRE -- Achievements of CAMPFIRE project at Nyaminyami -- Multiple uses for sustainable management of wildlife -- Chapter 13: Suggested action plan for rehabilitation of wildlife in Africa: The case of Nigeria -- Specific objectives for rehabilitation of wildlife -- Expected outputs from rehabilitation efforts -- Strategic plan for rehabilitation of wildlife -- National inventory of wildlife -- Determination of the conservation status of each species of wildlife -- In situ conservation and creation of protected areas -- Ex situ conservation for rapid rehabilitation of wildlife through game ranching/rearing in captivity -- Establishment of large-scale wildlife ranches -- Development of zoological gardens and rescue centers -- Chapter 14: Migratory birds of Africa -- Introduction -- Palearctic migratory species -- Afrotropical-African migration -- Irregular nomadic movement in birds -- Sensitive habitats of migratory birds in Nigeria -- The possible propagation of H5N1 bird flu virus in Nigeria -- Suggestions for the containment of H5N1 virus in Nigeria -- Chapter 15: In situ conservation of wildlife in West Africa -- Introduction. , A multipurpose forest management with ethnomedicine, agroforestry, and bushmeat production-The Okomu Forest Reserve, Nigeri ... -- Location, climate and vegetation -- Climate -- Vegetation -- History of land use -- Management strategies -- Management inputs from Edo State Government -- Participation by local communities -- Multipurpose land use classifications: A management strategy for optimum forest production -- Land use zonation as a management strategy -- Socio-economic survey -- Results -- Plant biodiversity study -- Plant diversity -- Medicinal plants -- Wildlife conservation and production of bushmeat -- Sustainable offtake for bushmeat production -- Hunting practices for bushmeat production -- Hunting permits and regulations -- Bush meat production and promotion of economic returns -- Hunting tools -- Economic and cultural significance of forest wildlife -- Management and research priorities -- Chapter 16: Ex situ conservation of wildlife: Domestication of the African giant rat ( Cricetomys gambianus) -- The foundation of wildlife domestication team -- Rodents as a source of protein -- Scope of the study -- Domestication process -- Other factors considered in caging small mammals -- Some aspects of the ecology of the African giant rat that are considered relevant to its domestication -- Burrow patterns -- The study areas -- Studies on burrow patterns of giant rats at University of Ibadan Halls of Residence, Nigeria -- Food habits -- Results -- Food habits -- Factors considered in caging giant rat -- Factors which influenced the design of cages for the giant rat -- A description of three kinds of cages designed to rear the African giant rat in captivity -- Experimental feeding cage -- The "rehabilitation" cage -- The breeding cage -- Management of rats in cages -- Reproductive performance -- Behavior of rats in captivity -- Care of progeny. , Eating and grooming.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1. Population Dynamics and Monitoring -- 1. Wildlife inventory by remote sensing techniques -- 2. The concept and practice of ecological monitoring over large areas of land: The systematic reconnaissance flight (SRF) -- 3. Large scale measurement of habitat structure and condition and its use in interpreting animal distribution -- 4. Matrix approach to population dynamics -- 5. A model for predicting age in ungulates -- 6. Predator-prey interactions: a case study in the Masai-Mara Game Reserves, Kenya -- 7. Sample drive count of larger mammals by means of systematic belt transects -- 8. Veterinary aspects of ecological monitoring -- 9. Distribution of wildlife in relation to the water-holes in Tsavo National Park (East), Kenya -- Section 2. Habitat Utilization -- 10. Big game utilization of natural mineral licks -- 11. Habitat management for wildlife conservation with respect to fire, salt lick, and water regime -- 12. The nutritive value of browse and its importance in traditional pastoralism -- 13. Species preferences of domestic ruminants grazing Nigerian Savannah -- 14. The use of faecal analyses in studying food habits of West African ungulates -- 15. Habitat selection and economic importance of rodents in Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria -- 16. Body weight, diet and reproduction of rats and mice in the forest zones of south-western Nigeria -- 17. Some aspects of the physiology of the domesticated African giant rat -- Section 3. Fire -- 18. The implications of woodland burning for wildlife management -- 19. An appraisal of the savannah burning problem -- 20. Effects of burning treatments on the standing crop and litter deposit in the grassland savannah of the Kainji Lake National Park. , 21. The effects of burning and grazing on the productivity and numbers of plants in Rwenzori National Park, Uganda -- Section 4. Management, Training and Education -- 22. What is wildlife management? -- 23. Management planning and practice: case histories from Mali and Benin -- 24. An ecological management plan for the Kainji Lake National Park -- 25. Some problems encountered in the field study of the grasscutter (thryonomys swinderianus) population in Ghana -- 26. The role of the Department of Forest Resources Management, University of Ibadan, in reaching and research in wildlife management -- List of participants -- Index.