The Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
Author : Keith N. Barnes
Publisher : Birdlife South Africa
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Keith N. Barnes
Publisher : Birdlife South Africa
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Endangered species
ISBN : 9780620320177
Author : Craig Hilton-Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Endangered plants
ISBN :
Author : L. R. Minter
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution Si/Mab Biodiversity Program
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN :
Author : Silvia Mecenero
Publisher :
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Butterflies
ISBN : 9780620553575
Author : Vincent Carruthers
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 1866 pages
File Size : 26,26 MB
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1775844641
A field guide to the wildlife of southern Africa, describing over 2,000 plants and animals, with accurate illustrations in full colour. This book has been a trusted fi eld companion for many years. Comprehensively updated, it now features range maps for most groups. The chapters are colour-coded for easy reference, and diagnostic features appear in bold type within the descriptions. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in the field. All the main plant and animal groups are covered: Lower invertebrates, Spiders and other arachnids, Insects, Freshwater fishes, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Grasses, sedges, ferns and fungi, Wild flowers, Trees
Author : Paul Harvey Skelton
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Endangered species
ISBN :
Author : Richard Primack
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1783747536
Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region. Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
Author : World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 22,80 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Endangered plants
ISBN : 9782831703282
This book represents the most comprehensive compilation of data on threatened vascular plants ever published. It includes the names of some 33,000 plant species determined to be rare or threatened on a global scale. Conservation assessments were provided by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, the National Botanical Institute (South Africa), Environment Australia, and CSIRO, The Nature Conservancy, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, together with hundreds of botanic gardens and botanists throughout the world. The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and the New York Botanical Garden have made major in-kind contributions.The result of 20 years work by botanists and conservationists around the world, it is intended as a conservation tool, a provider of baseline information to measure conservation progress and as a primary source of data on plant species. Most importantly, however, it provides the building blocks on which to base a worldwide effort to conserve plant species.
Author : Brian W. van Wilgen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030323943
This open access volume presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been conducted over more than three decades, and where bold initiatives have been implemented in attempts to control invasions and to reduce their ecological, economic and social effects. It covers a broad range of themes, including history, policy development and implementation, the status of invasions of animals and plants in terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments, the development of a robust ecological theory around biological invasions, the effectiveness of management interventions, and scenarios for the future. The South African situation stands out because of the remarkable diversity of the country, and the wide range of problems encountered in its varied ecosystems, which has resulted in a disproportionate investment into both research and management. The South African experience holds many lessons for other parts of the world, and this book should be of immense value to researchers, students, managers, and policy-makers who deal with biological invasions and ecosystem management and conservation in most other regions.