Conservation of Natural Resources : Some African & Asian Examples, Hardcover ...

Description: Conservation of Natural Resources : Some African & Asian Examples, Hardcover by Gereta, Emmanuel J. (EDT); Roskaft, Eivin (EDT), ISBN 8251926017, ISBN-13 9788251926010, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Gereta (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute) and Røskaft (evolutionary biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim-NTNU) present a collection of 22 chapters addressing specific conservation issues from developing countries experiencing enormous loss of biological diversity, and suggesting the necessary measures for sustainable conservation. The text is based primarily on work done by PhD biology students from Tanzania and Bangladesh who have studied at NTNU and undertaken field research in their home countries. The collection presents students' class assignments, trial lectures and theses or dissertations and coverage includes community-based approaches and other risk factors for the successful conservation of biodiversity; the role of water; the effect of tourism; the human-wildlife conflict; disease spread; and the conservation of various species of mammals, birds, and vegetation. For students and researchers in conservation biology, particularly African and Asian students, the volume is illustrated with b&w and color photographs, charts, tables, and diagrams. No subject index is provided. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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