Wildlife at war in Angola : the rise and fall of an African Eden / Brian J. Huntley.

Author
Huntley, B. J. (Brian J.), 1944- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • Pretoria : Protea Book House, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
432 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-404) and index.
    Contents
    • Part 1. The halcyon years. A message from Gorongosa
    • Parque Nacional da Quiçama
    • this once was an Eden
    • Luando
    • home of the giant sable antelope
    • Parque Nacional de Iona
    • Angola's last wilderness?
    • Welwitschia mirabilis
    • the enigmatic living fossil of the Namib
    • The cattle wars
    • politics and personalities
    • Conservation
    • the art of the possible.
    • part 2. A short history of a very long war. Slaves, degredados, contratados and colonatos
    • a recipe for disaster
    • Interlude: the 100-year odyssey of the Thirstland Trekkers
    • Rebellion and retribution
    • The Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974
    • An Angolan exodus
    • August 1975
    • The proxy wars and worse.
    • part 3. Wildlife conservation in the shadow of war. Wildlife conservation in a time of confusão
    • The resource curse and the culture of greed
    • The city-state of Luanda
    • International donors rush to rescue Iona
    • Friends : lost and found.
    • part 4. Wildlife conservation in the twenty-first century. Triage conservation
    • the option of last resort
    • The search for Angola's biodiversity "hotspots"
    • Building a new generation of Angolan conservation scientists
    • Conflicting missions
    • giant sable and the Kissama Foundation
    • The state of the game
    • the era of "paper parks"
    • Angola adieu? Will hope be the last thing to die?
    ISBN
    • 1485306116 ((paperback))
    • 9781485306115 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2017437000
    OCLC
    957134976
    RCP
    C - S
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