Author: Sonwa, D.J.Publisher: CIFOR
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Framing the peatlands governance in the Congo Basin
Author: Sonwa, D.J.Framing the peatlands governance in the Congo Basin
Governing peatlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Context, agents of change and policy making
Author: CIFOR,Landscape-scale Conservation in the Congo Basin
Author: David YanggenPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831712882
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Quantifying and Understanding the Tropical Peatlands of the Central Congo Basin
Author: Greta Christina DargiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Evolution of the Congo Basin
Author: Arthur Clifford VeatchPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813710030
Category : Congo River
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Congo Basin
Author: Michel Innocent PEYAPublisher: Editions L'Harmattan
ISBN: 2140200926
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This book is dedicated to the Congo Basin. It has the particularity of imagining the portrait of a universe devoid of the world's second largest lung after the Amazon, made up of forests, water, peat bogs, large carbon reserves and a rich biodiversity. However, these treasures are threatened by, on the one hand, the mer cantile interests of mafia networks eager to enrich themselves and, on the other hand, by the mismanagement of institutions and powers, which cause areas of uncertainty that are beyond the control of the indigenous endogenous powers. It is by observing these abuses that Michel Innocent Peya sounds the alarm on the risk of global climate genocide if the Congo Basin were to degrade or disappear.
Governing peatlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Context, agents of change and policy making
Bushmeat
Author: Theodore TrefonPublisher: Hurst Publishers
ISBN: 1805260731
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
In much of Central Africa, eating wildlife is seen as a normal, desirable and common-sense practice. Almost all wild animals, from the largest mammals to the smallest invertebrates, are hunted, traded and consumed, providing vital income and nutrition for millions of people. But as demand for bushmeat grows, animal populations are being decimated, directly impacting biodiversity, local economies and public health. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Bushmeat explores questions ranging from deforestation and conservation strategies to infectious diseases, urban street food and law enforcement. It explains how the popularity of wild meat consumption has spread from rural areas into major cities, fuelled by rapid urbanisation, poorly defined regulations, and developing trade networks-whether small-scale and informal, or commercial and politically connected. While unsustainable hunting practices pose clear problems for wildlife conservation, they also increase the risk of rural food insecurity and of new infectious diseases emerging-as HIV, Ebola and Covid-19 have shown. But cultural attachment to wild meat, and its dietary importance for many communities, make the ‘bushmeat crisis’ difficult to solve. Based on extensive interviews and a comprehensive review of secondary literature, Bushmeatpresents a startling account of one of the Anthropocene’s catastrophes in the making.