Elephants, Economics and Ivory
Ivory is big business, and in some parts of Africa elephants have been hunted almost to extinction in the quest for it. The losses to African economies have been catastrophic. Now there is an international ban on the trade and conservation is. the principal goal. This should be a matter for rejoicing, but nothing is quite so simple. The authors of this book have looked at the overall statistics, including those for countries where the elephant population is stable. They have considered the multiplicity of economic and social functions fulfilled by ensuring that elephant herds survive, tourism, a variety of ecological purpose. and, finally,…
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Weitere Autoren: Burgess, Joanne C. / Swanson, Timothy M. / Pearce, David W.
- ISBN: 978-1-134-04741-3
- EAN: 9781134047413
- Produktnummer: 16979887
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 178 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'229 KB
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