Survival or Extinction? How to Save Elephants and Rhinos /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Martin, Bridget (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Conservation biology.; Ecology .; International environmental law.; Nature conservation.; Biodiversity.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Animal welfare.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; International Environmental Law.; Nature Conservation.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics.

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better. It takes an overview of how the curr...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Animals: Elephants, Rhinos and People
• 3. CITES and the CBD
• 4. Sustainable Use: Golden Thread or Fool's Gold?
• 5. Elephant Ivory and Rhino Horn
• 6. The Products, Their Retail Outlets, Their Sellers and Their Buyers
• 7. Poaching and Its Consequences
• 8. The Survivors
• 9. Smugglers and Smuggling Routes
• 10. The One-Off Sales of Elephant Ivory and Their Aftermath
• 11. The Confusing Nature of Ivory Markets
• 12. Researchers and Their Methodology
• 13. Markets in Africa
• 14. Markets in Southeast Asia
• 15. Markets in the United States of America
• 16. Markets in the UK
• 17. The History of Rhinoceros Listing on CITES
• 18. The Illegal Trade in Rhino Horn
• 19. In Which We Meet Our First Organized Crime Gang and The Law is Changed
• 20. Organized Crime
• 21
• Rebel Militia and 'Blood Ivory'
• 22. The Internet
• 23. Religious Ivory
• 24. Bribery and Corruption
• 25. The Enforcers
• 26. Seizures and Arrests
• 27. Evidence
• 28. Prosecutions
• 29. Technology to the Rescue
• 30. The London Conference and What Followed
• 31. CoP16
• 32. Updates on Some Countries
• 33. Rhino Trophy Hunting in South Africa
• 34. Research
• 35. Education
• 36. The CBD Re-visited
• 37. Sustainable Use: Contentious Issues
• 38. People
• 39. Countries
• 40. Zoos, Ecosystems and Translocations
• 41. Last Chance to Save
• 42. Living Together: Resolutions to Human-elephant Conflict and Other Problems
• 43. Working Together Creates People Power
• 44. Survival or Extinction?