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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huntley, B. J. (Brian J.), 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huntley, B. J. (Brian J.), 1944-.

Huntley, B. J.

Wildlife conservation--Angola--History.

Wildlife conservation.

Conservation of natural resources--Angola--History.

Conservation of natural resources.

National parks and reserves--Angola--History.

National parks and reserves.

Wildlife recovery--Angola.

Wildlife recovery.

War--Environmental aspects--Angola.

War.

Ecologists.

War--Environmental aspects.

History.

Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002.

Angola.

Ecologists--Angola--Biography.

Ecologists--South Africa--Biography.

South Africa.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

432 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pretoria : Protea Book House, 2017.

Summary:

Angola was once one of Africa's last great wildernesses. Gorillas and chimpanzees shared the pristine rainforests of Cabinda, giant sable antelope roamed the miombo woodlands of Luando, and the enigmatic Welwitschia mirabilis crowded the plains of the Namib. But war, intrigues and arrogance have resulted in the loss and near extinction of most of Angola's formerly abundant wildlife and the decay and erosion of a once endless Eden. Book jacket.

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?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-404) and index.

ISBN:

9781485306115

1485306116

OCLC:

957134976

Publisher Number:

99973602869