A Critical Evaluation of Conservation and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Author / Creator:DeGeorges, Paul Andre.
Imprint:Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (3416 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11148003
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Other authors / contributors:Reilly, Brian Kevin.
ISBN:9780773420373
0773420371
Notes:English.
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Summary:This book will serve as a historical reference, a technical document and as a basis for policy formulation.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.
Other form:Print version: DeGeorges, Paul Andre. A Critical Evaluation of Conservation and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008 9780773450707
Table of Contents:
  • 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 ColonizationChapter 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 ConservationChapter 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.