Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2nd Edition - cover image

Copyright

John W. Wilson; Richard B. Primack

ISBN

Paperback978-1-80064-386-4
Hardback978-1-80064-387-1
PDF978-1-80064-388-8
HTML978-1-80064-591-2
XML978-1-80064-391-8
EPUB978-1-80064-389-5

Language

  • English

Dimensions

Paperback203 x 254 mm (8" x 10")
Hardback203 x 254 mm (8" x 10")

THEMA

  • RNC
  • RNK
  • WNC

BIC

  • RNKC
  • 1HF
  • RNKH
  • RNC

BISAC

  • NAT010000
  • NAT011000
  • SCI026000
  • NAT001000

Keywords

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • textbook
  • conservation
  • biodiversity
  • environmental laws
  • protected areas management
  • sustainability
  • poverty
  • human-wildlife conflict
  • Africa
  • textbook

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa

2nd Edition

FORTHCOMING
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa is the definitive open-access textbook on essential conservation issues in the region. Now in its updated Second Edition, this prizewinning volume, which can be downloaded for free, is an invaluable resource for university courses, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to halt the increasing loss of biodiversity.

Easy to read and full of cutting-edge research, the book includes fifteen chapters that cover the full range of conservation biology topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws and protected areas management, as well as additional topics such as nature’s contributions to people, conservation funding, and human-wildlife conflict. Pertinent updates to the Second Edition include discussions on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and how technological advancements can benefit conservation.

This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, an overview of how conservation has changed over time, and many examples of how conservation is promoting economic development in an African context. Special content boxes, covering specific themes written by conservation professionals working throughout Africa, are included in each chapter, alongside recommended readings, suggested discussion topics, and updated references.

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides an essential resource, available online without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as conservation professionals who want to remain at the cutting edge of the field.

Endorsements

*Johnny Wilson, who I have known since he was a wee undergraduate in South Africa has just published an excellent text book on conservation. He's done so with Richard Primack, who has an unrivalled record of texts on conservation. It's very good indeed. And, it's free to download. Very well done, gentlemen, and my sincere thanks for your commitment to making science readily available to those who often cannot afford expensive text books. Kudos all round. *

Stuart Pimm

Founder and President of Saving Nature and the Doris Duke Professor of Conservation at Duke University

Reviews

"Sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears,” Paul Simon once sang. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa is an extremely well-written and beautifully illustrated magnum opus on almost all things biological that pertain to the difficult subject of conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. It can be viewed as a primer on ecology, a call to arms and, almost, a cry of despair as much as a reference on conservation. I found that I could only read a small part each time I opened it. The facts and problems, given in such lucid and easy-to-read detail, are enough to make you cry. It requires courage to face the existential problems that confront wildlife (and indeed humans) in Africa. That the authors have done so, and even offer glimpses of hope, is to be applauded, as is their decision to make the book available for free on the internet.

Derek Charlwood

The Biologist,

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