Keywords:
Conservation of natural resources -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Natural resources -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Management.
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Sustainable development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Wildlife conservation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Wildlife management -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book will serve as a historical reference, a technical document and as a basis for policy formulation. It is one of the first attempts in modern times to look at the big picture, both historically and currently, on the African sub-continent as it applies to conservation, development, human rights and foreign policy. These volumes contain twelve color photographs and fifteen black and white photographs.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (3416 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780773420373
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=865164
DDC:
333.95160967
Language:
English
Note:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Embedded Figures -- List of Color Photos -- List of Black and White Photos -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Pre Colonial Sub-Saharan African Civilizations and Co-Evolution With Wildlife -- Chapter Two: Traditional Natural Resource Management in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter Three: Colonialism and the Imposition of Western Wildlife Management Systems -- Chapter Four: Imperialism, Independence and Freshwater Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter Five: Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Since Colonization -- Chapter Six: Habitat Degradation, Linked to Colonial/Post-Colonial Policies and Watering Points/Boreholes in Sub-Sahran Africa -- Chapter Seven: Impacts of Dams on Conservation and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter Eight: Mining Tropical, Costal Zones, Lessons From the Caribbean, Implications for East African Coral Reefs -- Chapter Nine: Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Programs - The Way Forward for Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter Ten: Cities and the ESA, Neo-Colonial Impacts on Sub-Saharan African Conservation -- Chapter Eleven: Independence, Democracy, and Foreign Dependency, Impacts on Conservation and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter Twelve: Subsidies, Free Trade, Structural Adjustment and Debt Relief in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ompacts on Resource Exploitation -- Chapter Thirteen: The Current and Future role of the Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, Resource Wars or NEPAD? -- Chapter Fourteen: Suggested Roadmap for the Way Forward -- Acronyms -- Index.
