1st Edition
The Imperial Lion Human Dimensions Of Wildlife Management In Central Africa
By Stuart A Marks
Copyright 1984
196 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the 1950s biologists became alarmed by the plight of Africa’s wildlife. Since then they have sought to arrest its decline, but increasing competition between wild fauna and expanding human populations shows that protection alone has been inadequate. The conservationists’ position and strategies have been progressively eroded: large-scale game cropping schemes have failed to produce expected... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- Human Dimensions in Wildlife Management: A Conceptual Framework -- The Transformation of a Central African Landscape -- Local Resources Under a Lineage Management System -- Wildlife Resources Under Colonial and Bureaucratic States -- A Conclusion That May be a Beginning -- Common (English) and Scientific Names of Wild Mammals Mentioned in the Text -- Summary of Events Relating to Wildlife Cropping in Luangwa Valley, 1934–1972 -- Location of National Parks in Zambia and Their Approximate Areas -- Location and Sizes of Declared Game Management Areas in Zambia
Biography
Dr. Marks is chairman of the Department of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at St. Andrews Presbyterian College and consultant to the Agency for International Development and to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization.
