Strategic Opportunism: What Works in Africa

Twelve Fundamentals for Conservation Success

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Across ten countries, building capacity in botanical collection, documentation and herbarium management expanded into a global project to place the knowledge base of Africa’s flora onto an electronic data system accessible to researchers and conservation planners in even the most remote corners of the continent.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-01
Mått155 x 235 x 12 mm
Vikt254 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Antal sidor142
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031248825

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Brian John Huntley is a South African ecologist with wide experience in the planning and development of national parks, botanical gardens and multi-disciplinary research programmes in southern African countries. He has led major multi-national cooperative research and conservation programmes to success. Following retirement as director of the South African National Biodiversity Institute, has served as advisor to international agencies within the UN system.

Part l. Background.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Success is Possible.- Chapter 2. Strategic Opportunism: A Pragmatic Approach to Conservation in Africa.- Part ll. Strategic Opportunism in Action: Six Stories of Success.- Chapter 3. Angolan Giant Sable: Rediscovery, Rescue and Recovery.- Chapter 4. Marion Island: Birds, Cats, Mice and Men.- Chapter 5. Gorongosa National Park: Wilderness, War and Wildlife Recovery.- Chapter 6. Overcoming the Taxonomic Impediment: SABONET and the African Plants Initiative.- Chapter 7. Building Biodiversity Knowledge: Mobilising Citizen Science.- Chapter 8. Bridging the Gap: Community Conservancies in Namibia and Zimbabwe.- Part lll: Conclusion.- Chapter 9. Twelve Fundamentals for Conservation Success.