Del 29 - Sustainable Development and Biodiversity

Biodiversity in Africa: Potentials, Threats and Conservation

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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This edited work brings out a comprehensive collection of information on Potentials, Threats and Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa. The main focus of this book is to address the sustainability of Biodiversity of Africa.Biodiversity are organisms that typically have life and possess the characteristics of living things. The biodiversity is being affected by human activities as well as natural effects. This in turn is affecting the uses of biodiversity which are mainly food and medicine. Therefore it will be useful to point possible means of conserving biodiversity of African so as to enhance the sustainability of their uses especially in Africa. This book is of interest and useful to biodiversity experts, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation of native flora and fauna in the area. It will also be useful to environmental and agricultural scientists, foresters, horticulturists, ecologists, and valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students (undergraduate and Post graduate) in the region.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-08-29
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSustainable Development and Biodiversity
Antal sidor626
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811933288

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1. An Overview of the potentials, threats, and conservation of biodiversity in Africa.- 2. Industrial Applications of Biodiversity Potentials in Africa.- 3. Botanical Gardens: A Reliable Tool for Documenting Sustainability Patterns in Vegetative Species.- 4. Food security: a pathway towards improved nutrition and biodiversity conservation.- 5. Benefits and threats of biodiversity conservation in Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve, Nigeria.- 6. Therapeutic Potentials of Wildlife Resources and Options for Conservation.- 7. Threats to African Arthropods and their Biodiversity Potentials on Food Security, Environmental Health, Criminal Investigation.- 8. Leaving no one behind: Impact of Soil Pollution on Biodiversity in the Global South - A Global Call For Action.- 9. Impacts of Chemicals Used in Agricultural Practices on Soil Microorganisms and Vegetation.- 10. Advantages and potential threats of agrochemicals on biodiversity conservation.- 11. Fish production and biodiversity conservation; an interplay for life sustenance.- 12. Impact of pharmaceutical compounds on the microbial ecology of surface water resources.- 13. Effects of Water Pollution on Biodiversity along the Coastal Regions.- 14. Impacts of Climate Change on Aquatic Biodiversity In Africa.- 15. Anthropogenic Restructuring of Fiddler Crabs (Ulca tangeri) Communities: A Solid Wastes Perspective.- 16. Aquatic biodiversity loss: Impacts of pollution and anthropogenic activities and strategies for conservation.- 17. Traditional Methods of Plant Conservation for Sustainable Utilization and Development.- 18. The Challenges and Conservation Strategies of Biodiversity: The role of Government and Non-Governmental Organization for Action and Results on the Ground.- 19. “Let Them Eat Their Declarations”: Interrogating Natural Resource-Rich States’ Inertia Toward Biodiversity Conservation Treaties in sub-Saharan Africa.- 20. Sacred Groves in the Global South: A Panacea for Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation.- 21. Forest conservation strategies in Africa: historical perspective, status and sustainable avenues for progress.- 22. Factors militating against biodiversity conservation in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: the way out.- 23. Challenges of biodiversity conservation in Africa: A case study of Sierra Leone.