Africa's Threatened Rhinos: A History of Exploitation and Conservation

Author:   Keith Somerville
Publisher:   Pelagic Publishing
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9781784274542


Pages:   358
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Keith Somerville
Publisher:   Pelagic Publishing
Imprint:   Pelagic Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.584kg
ISBN:  

9781784274542


ISBN 10:   1784274542
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   14 January 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Evolution, status and behaviour 2. From 20,000 bce to European penetration 3. European penetration and occupation 4. Rhino populations decimated by the arrival of Europeans and firearms in southern Africa 5. The modern trade in rhino horn from 1960 to the present, legal and illegal 6. From independence to 2005 7. Southern Africa, 1960–2005: armed conflict, crime and conservation 8. East and Central Africa, 2006–24 9. Southern Africa’s poaching storm 10. What next? Notes Abbreviations Index

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Professor Keith Somerville was a writer and researcher on human–wildlife coexistence and conflict, notably in Africa. A former BBC World Service journalist, he taught at the University of Kent, was a member of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. In 2016 he was awarded the Marjan-Marsh Award by the Marjan Centre for the Study of War and the Non-Human Sphere and the Marsh Trust. This award, for his book Ivory: Power and Poaching in Africa, is given annually to someone who has made an invaluable contribution to an area where conflict and conservation intersect. Jackals, Golden Wolves and Honey Badgers was published in November 2022.

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