Game changer [[electronic resource] ] : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / / Glen Martin

• Autore: Martin Glen <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 179/.3096
• Soggetto topico: Animal welfare - Africa; Animal rights - Africa; Animal rights - Environmental aspects - Africa; Wildlife conservation - Africa; Animal rights activists - Africa; Animal rights movement - Africa
• Soggetto non controllato: african history; animal hunting; animal rights movement; animal welfare; animals in africa; aspca; books for animal lovers; books for reluctant readers; conservationists; conservations vs protecting animals; conserve wildlife; discussion books; east africa; easy to read; engaging; environmental conservation protection; how to save animals; how to stop hunters; individual animals; man vs nature; page turner; protecting wildlife; the importance of animals; vacation reads; wildlife in africa; zoos and animals
• Classificazione: NAT037000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Chapter 1. Never an Eden -- Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas -- Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom -- Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings -- Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion -- Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime -- Chapter 7. Reality Check -- Chapter 8. The Kenya Model -- Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right -- Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come -- Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay -- Chapter 12. Elephant Man -- Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders -- Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation -- Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern -- Chapter 16. Hard Choices -- Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate -- Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms -- Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani -- Recommended Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In Game Changer, award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to Africa's megafauna. Martin assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement and finds that the policies championed by animal welfare groups could lead paradoxically to the elimination of the very species--including elephants and lions--that are the most cherished. In his anecdotal and highly engaging style, Martin takes readers to the heart of the conflict. He revisits the debate between conservationists, who believe that people whose lives are directly impacted by the creation of national parks and preserves should be compensated, versus those who believe that restrictive protection that forbids hunting is the most effective way to conserve wildlife and habitats. Focusing on the different approaches taken by Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia, Martin vividly shows how the world's last great populations of wildlife have become the hostages in a fight between those who love animals and those who would save them"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Game changer
• ISBN: 1-280-11658-7; 9786613520876; 0-520-95205-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789974603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II