The Game Of Conservation

Author : Stephanie Hanes
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 0805097171
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Man's Game written by Stephanie Hanes and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A probing examination of Western conservation efforts in Africa, where our feel-good stories belie a troubling reality The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting hungrier, sicker, and poorer as the project went on? And why did efforts to bring back wildlife become far more difficult than expected? In pursuit of answers, Stephanie Hanes takes readers on a vivid safari across southern Africa, from the shark-filled waters off Cape Agulhas to a reserve trying to save endangered wild dogs. She traces the tangled history of Western missionaries, explorers, and do-gooders in Africa, from Stanley and Livingstone to Teddy Roosevelt, from Bono and the Live Aid festivals to Greg Carr, the American benefactor of Gorongosa. And she examines the larger problems that arise when Westerners try to “fix” complex, messy situations in the developing world, acting with best intentions yet potentially overlooking the wishes of the people who live there. Beneath the uplifting stories we tell ourselves about helping Africans, she shows, often lies a dramatic misunderstanding of what the locals actually need and want. A gripping narrative of environmentalists and insurgents, poachers and tycoons, elephants and angry spirits, White Man’s Game profoundly challenges the way we think about philanthropy and conservation.

Author : Mark Cioc
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821443607
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Game of Conservation written by Mark Cioc and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Game of Conservation is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world. Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than as attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major breakthroughs in firearm techniques, such as the invention of the elephant gun and grenade harpoons, but agricultural development was at least as important as hunting regulations in determining the fate of migratory species. The treaties had many defects, yet they also served the goal of conservation to good effect, often saving key species from complete extermination and sometimes keeping the population numbers at viable levels. It is because of these treaties that Africa is dotted with large national parks, that North America has an extensive network of bird refuges, and that there are any whales left in the oceans. All of these treaties are still in effect today, and all continue to influence nature-protection efforts around the globe. Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Mark Cioc shows that a handful of treaties—all designed to protect the world’s most commercially important migratory species—have largely shaped the contours of global nature conservation over the past century. The scope of the book ranges from the African savannahs and the skies of North America to the frigid waters of the Antarctic.

Author : Dan Brockington
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253215208
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fortress Conservation written by Dan Brockington and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes statistics.

Author : Thomas J. Ryder
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421424460
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State Wildlife Management and Conservation written by Thomas J. Ryder and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bryant White, Steven A. Williams--Kyle D. Johnson, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation "Journal of Wildlife Management"

Author : Jennifer Brewin (Of The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781901369403
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working Conservation written by Jennifer Brewin (Of The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Child
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849771286
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution and Innovation in Wildlife Conservation written by Brian Child and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crucible of innovation in wildlife and habitat conservation is in southern Africa where it has co-evolved with decolonization, political transformation and the rise of development, ownership, management and livelihood debates. Charting this innovation, early chapters deal with the traditional 'fines and fences' conservation that occurred in the colonial and early post-independence period, with subsequent sections focussing on the experimentation and innovation that occurred on private and communal land as a result of the break from these traditional methods. The final section deals with mo.

Author : Aldo Leopold
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299107736
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game Management written by Aldo Leopold and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1987-03-13 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although A Sand Country Almanac is doubtless Leopold’s most popular book, Game Management may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.

Author : Charles Coles
Publisher : Random House (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Game Conservation written by Charles Coles and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1984 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coordination of Wildlife, Fish, and Game Conservation, and Rehabilitation in Military Reservations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers H.R. 2565, to promote development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish, and game conservation on military reservations.

Author : Susan Kay Jacobson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198716680
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques written by Susan Kay Jacobson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conservation of biological diversity depends on people's knowledge and actions. This book presents the theory and practice for creating effective education and outreach programmes for conservation. The authors describe an exciting array of techniques for enhancing school resources, marketing environmental messages, using social media, developing partnerships for conservation, and designing on-site programmes for parks and community centres. Vivid case studies from around the world illustrate techniques and describe planning, implementation, and evaluation procedures, enabling readers to implement their own new ideas effectively. Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques, now in its second edition and updated throughout, includes twelve chapters illustrated with numerous photographs showing education and outreach programmes in action, each incorporating an extensive bibliography. Helpful text boxes provide practical tips, guidelines, and recommendations for further exploration of the chapter topics. This book will be particularly relevant to conservation scientists, resource managers, environmental educators, students, and citizen activists. It will also serve as a handy reference and a comprehensive text for a variety of natural resource and environmental professionals.