Overview
- Provides an overview of the ecological status of biodiversity in Africa
- Covers the latest evidence-based approach on the threats to biodiversity in Africa
- Provides strategies to conserve biodiversity
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 29)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Introduction
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Values of Biodiversity
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Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Africa
Keywords
About this book
Biodiversity are organisms that typically have life and possess the characteristics of living things. The biodiversity is being affected by human activities as well as natural effects. This in turn is affecting the uses of biodiversity which are mainly food and medicine. Therefore it will be useful to point possible means of conserving biodiversity of African so as to enhance the sustainability of their uses especially in Africa.
This book is of interest and useful to biodiversity experts, policy makers, conservationists and industries interested in biodiversity conservation of native flora and fauna in the area. It will also be useful to environmental and agricultural scientists, foresters, horticulturists, ecologists, and valuable source of reference to the relevant researchers and students (undergraduate and Post graduate) in the region.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Imgbi Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biodiversity in Africa: Potentials, Threats and Conservation
Editors: Sylvester Chibueze Izah
Series Title: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3326-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3325-7Published: 28 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3328-8Published: 29 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-3326-4Published: 27 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2352-474X
Series E-ISSN: 2352-4758
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 626
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biodiversity, Ecology, Terrestial Ecology