Sub-Saharan Africa

Stalking big game with a camera in equatorial Africa

The authors primary object was to obtain photographs of Elephants, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Buffalo and Giraffe and show them in their natural setting. Additionally, he describes how he got these photographs.

Author(s)
Maxwell, Marius

Application des lois sur les espèces sauvages dans les aires protégées d’Afrique sub-saharienne

Ce rapport sur les bonnes pratiques d’application des lois en Afrique souhaite contribuer aux efforts internationaux de lutte contre la criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages dans les aires protégées d’Afrique subsaharienne en proposant une étude systématique et fondée sur les faits des pratiques d’application des lois qui se sont avérées efficaces dans différentes situations et en identifiant les bonnes pratiques émergentes.

Author(s)
D'udine, Floris A.C.
Henson, David W.
Malpas, Robert C.

RFGI handbook II : implementing improved natural resource governance in practice

This Responsive Forest Governance Initiative Handbook defines basic democratic concepts and explains how democratic governance works. It then lays out responsive forest governance principles to be used when working with local government, parallel

Author(s)
Angu, Kenneth
Barrow, Edmund G. C.
Bobtoya, Saadia
Cruz, Regina
Kutegeka, Sophie
Nakangu, Barbara
Savadogo, Moumini
Walters, Gretchen

Wildlife law enforcement in Sub-Saharan African protected areas

This report aims to contribute to the international effort to combat wildlife crime in Sub-Saharan African protected areas by providing a systematic and evidence-based review of law enforcement practices that have proved to be effective in different situations, and by identifying emerging best practice.

Author(s)
D'udine, Floris A.C.
Henson, David W.
Malpas, Robert C.

Farming systems and poverty

Small farmers produce much of the developing world's food, yet they are generally much poorer than the rest of the population in these countries. This book looks in detail at some 20 farming systems that are judged to have the greatest potential for poverty and hunger reduction and economic growth in the next few decades, and asks the crucial question: What are likely to be the most successful strategies for small farmers in each system, and what sort of initiatives can best help farmers to realize them? 

Author(s)
Dixon, John A.
Gibbon, David P.
Gulliver, Aidan

Scaling up pangolin conservation

Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are unique in being the world's only truly scaly mammals, but are in dire need of urgent conservation action. Pangolins have been subject to very little conservation or natural history research, and consequently, little is known about their biology, ecology, and conservation needs. It was in response to this predicament that the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group was re-formed in 2012. Its first conference was held in Singapore in June 2013, and it is from this meeting that this conservation action plan was borne.

Author(s)
Baillie, Jonathan
Challender, Daniel W.S.
Waterman, Carly

La déforestation en Afrique : situation et perspectives

Author(s)
Mercier, Jean-Roger

Ancient roots, new shoots : endogenous development in practice

Author(s)
Haverkort, Bertus
Hiemstra, Wim
Hooft, Katrien van 't
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