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The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0520206711
ISBN-13:: 9780520206717
Pub. Date:: 01/06/1997
Publisher:: University of California Press

ISBN-10:: 0520206711
ISBN-13:: 9780520206717
Pub. Date:: 01/06/1997
Publisher:: University of California Press

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Overview

Most people would feel a great loss if elephants, rhinos, or gorillas were to become extinct, but would we willingly move our families, change our means of earning a living, and disrupt our culture to prevent their extinction? People living in rural Africa are being asked to do just this by the world community. The Myth of Wild Africa explores a joint African/Western approach to conservation with the goal of returning control to the African nations.

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ISBN-13:	9780520206717
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	01/06/1997
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

CHAPTER I A MYTH IS BORN
CHAPTER II HUNTERS
CHAPTER III SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE?
CHAPTER IV SAVE THE ELEPHANTS!
CHAPTER v THE SCIENTISTS TAKE OVER
CHAPTER VI CONSERVATION POLLUTION 1
CHAPTER VII MILES AND MILES OF BLOODY
AFRICA
CHAPTER VIII STRIKING A BALANCE
CHAPTER IX LIVING WITH CONSERVATION
CHAPTER X GORILLAS IN THEIR MIDST
CHAPTER XI CONSERVATION WITHOUT
MYTH
CHAPTER XII WHO SAYS AFRICANS DON'T
CARE?

Afterword
Bibliography
Index

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Editorial Reviews

"First issued in 1992 and reissued in 1996 with a new afterward, The Myth of Wild Africa argues that researchers and conservation agencies should base their conclusions on hard data rather than preconceived stereotypes. Eschewing the dramatic emotional appeals that mark many western conservation groups' African campaigns, Jonathan S. Adams and Thomas McShane make a straightforward argument for an Afrocentric conservation policy."

African Studies Review

"The 'Myth of wild Africa' . . . is the false notion that Africa was ever a continent untouched by the hand of man, and that its wildlife can be conserved without winning the support of its people . . . It is a brave attempt to take sentimentality out of conservation."

The Economist

"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."

New York Times

"Should be essential reading for anyone with an interest in the future of the African continent, its wildlife and its people."

New Scientist

The authors report on how Western conservation has helped sabotage the precarious balance between wildlife and Africans. They break with traditional conservation, which saves animals at the cost of people, and explore a new, joint African/Western approach to conservation that hopes eventually to give control back to the African nations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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