Myth of Wild Africa

Jonathan S. Adams is a conservationist and writer living in Washington, D.C. Thomas O. McShane is program officer for Africa in the World Wide Fund for Nature.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionCHAPTER I A MYTH IS BORNCHAPTER II HUNTERSCHAPTER III SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE?CHAPTER IV SAVE THE ELEPHANTS!CHAPTER v THE SCIENTISTS TAKE OVERCHAPTER VI CONSERVATION POLLUTION 1CHAPTER VII MILES AND MILES OF BLOODYAFRICACHAPTER VIII STRIKING A BALANCECHAPTER IX LIVING WITH CONSERVATIONCHAPTER X GORILLAS IN THEIR MIDSTCHAPTER XI CONSERVATION WITHOUTMYTHCHAPTER XII WHO SAYS AFRICANS DON'TCARE?AfterwordBibliographyIndex

"A useful introduction to the complex issues that must be confronted by Africans and their concerned friends from abroad. The book's central message—that Africans are the solution and not the problem—will come as no surprise to conservationists, but it is a point well worth emphasizing nonetheless."