Science and conservation in African forests : the benefits of long-term research / edited by Richard Wrangham, Elizabeth Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wrangham, Richard W., 1948-

Ross, Elizabeth, 1950-

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry--Research--Uganda--Kibale National Park.

Forests and forestry.

Forest conservation--Uganda--Kibale National Park.

Forest conservation.

Forests and forestry--Research.

Kibale National Park (Uganda).

Uganda--Kibale National Park.

Physical Description:

xxii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Tropical forests, like the great apes and other wildlife that inhabit them, are under threat throughout their range. This unique case study from Kibale National Park in Uganda illustrates that a vital aid to forest conservation is the establishment of a long-term research facility. Biological research, of the type pioneered by legendary figures Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey, not only produces important data for the design of management practices, but also has many unanticipated benefits that promote conservation, including improved community relations, positive economic outcomes, and training of future generations. Every well-established study of great apes from Guinea and the Ivory Coast to Tanzania and Rwanda shows the same pattern of benefits. Future environmentalists can use the lessons learned in this book as a model for conservation through research.

Contents:

1 Why the link between long-term research and conservation is a case worth making / Richard Wrangham 1

2 Links between research and Protected Area management in Uganda / Moses Mapesa 9

3 The use of research: how science in Uganda's National Parks has been applied / William Olupot, Andrew J. Plumptre 15

4 Long-term research and conservation in Kibale National Park / Thomas T. Struhsaker 27

5 Monitoring forest-savannah dynamics in Kibale National Park with satellite imagery (1989-2003): implications for the management of wildlife habitat / Nadine Laporte, Wayne Walker, Jared Stabach, Florence Landsberg 38

6 Long-term studies reveal the conservation potential for integrating habitat restoration and animal nutrition / Colin A. Chapman, Lauren J. Chapman, Patrick A. Omeja, Dennis Twinomugisha 51

7 Long-term perspectives on forest conservation: lessons from research in Kibale National Park / Jeremiah S. Lwanga, G. Isabirye-Basuta 63

8 Health and disease in the people, primates, and domestic animals of Kibale National Park: implications for conservation / Tony L. Goldberg, Thomas R. Gillespie, Innocent B. Rwego 75

9 The importance of training national and international scientists for conservation research / Rosie Trevelyan, Clive Nuttman 88

10 Community benefits from long-term research programs: a case study from Kibale National Park, Uganda / John M. Kasenene, Elizabeth A. Ross 99

11 Potential interactions of research with the development and management of ecotourism / Arthur Mugisha 115

12 The human landscape around the Island Park: impacts and responses to Kibale National Park / Abe Goldman, Joel Hartter, Jane Southworth, Michael Binford 129

13 Conservation and research in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi District, Western Uganda / Fred Babweteera, Vernon Reynolds, Klaus Zuberbuhler 145

14 Long-term research and conservation in Gombe National Park, Tanzania / Anthony Collins, Jane Goodall 158

15 Long-term research and conservation in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania / Toshisada Nishida, Michio Nakamura 173

16 The contribution of long-term research by the Tai Chimpanzee Project to conservation / Christophe Boesch, Hedwige Boesch, Zoro Bertin Gone Bi, Emmanuelle Normand, Ilka Herbinger 184

17 The Green Corridor Project: long-term research and conservation in Bossou, Guinea / Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Makan Kourouma 201

18 Long-term research and conservation of the Virunga mountain gorillas / Elizabeth A. Williamson, Katie A. Fawcett 213

19 Long-term research and conservation of great apes: a global future / Natarajan Ishwaran 230

20 Long-term research and conservation: the way forward / Richard Wrangham, Elizabeth Ross 242.

Notes:

"This book is a result of a workshop on Long-term Research and Conservation held to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Kibale Chimpanzee Project and the tenth anniversary of the Kasiisi Project at Makerere University Biological Field Station, Kibale National Park, Uganda, June 15-17 2007."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780521896016

0521896010

9780521720588

0521720583

OCLC:

224444364

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