Science and Conservation in African Forests: The Benefits of Longterm Research

by Edited by Richard Wrangham , Elizabeth Ross

• ISBN13: 9780521720588
• ISBN10: 0521720583
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Tropical forests, like the great apes and other wildlife that inhabit them, are under threat throughout their range. This unique case study from Kibale National Park in Uganda illustrates that a vital aid to forest conservation is the establishment of a long-term research facility. Biological research, of the type pioneered by legendary figures Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey, not only produces important data for the design of management practices, but also has many unanticipated benefits that promote conservation, including improved community relations, positive economic outcomes, and training of future generations. Every well-established study of great apes from Guinea and the Ivory Coast to Tanzania and Rwanda shows the same pattern of benefits. Future environmentalists can use the lessons learned in this book as a model for conservation through research. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Why the link between long-term research and conservation is a case worth making	p. 1
Links between research and Protected Area management in Uganda	p. 9
The use of research: how science in Uganda's National Parks has been applied	p. 15
Long-term research and conservation in Kibale National Park	p. 27
Monitoring forest-savannah dynamics in Kibale National Park with satellite imagery (1989-2003): implications for the management of wildlife habitat	p. 38
Long-term studies reveal the conservation potential for integrating habitat restoration and animal nutrition	p. 51
Long-term perspectives on forest conservation: lessons from research in Kibale National Park	p. 63
Health and disease in the people, primates, and domestic animals of Kibale National Park: implications for conservation	p. 75
The importance of training national and international scientists for conservation research	p. 88
Community benefits from long-term research programs: a case study from Kibale National Park, Uganda	p. 99
Potential interactions of research with the development and management of ecotourism	p. 115
The human landscape around the Island Park: impacts and responses to Kibale National Park	p. 129
Conservation and research in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi District, Western Uganda	p. 145
Long-term research and conservation in Gombe National Park, Tanzania	p. 158
Long-term research and conservation in the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania	p. 173
The contribution of long-term research by the Tai Chimpanzee Project to conservation	p. 184
The Green Corridor Project: long-term research and conservation in Bossou, Guinea	p. 201
Long-term research and conservation of the Virunga mountain gorillas	p. 213
Long-term research and conservation of great apes: a global future	p. 230
Long-term research and conservation: the way forward	p. 242
Index	p. 246
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