Ivory
Subtitle: power and poaching in Africa
By: Keith Somerville
Publisher: Hurst
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781849046763
Subjects: Ivory industry; Effect of hunting on; Poaching; Conservation; Effect of poaching on; Corrupt practices; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; African elephant
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-371) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Africa and ivory : an ancient but bloody and brutal trade; title: 2. The nineteenth century : one hundred years of exploitation and extermination; title: 3. The ivory trade and criminalisation of African hunters under colonial rule; title: 4. Conservation, corruption, crime and conflict in East Africa; title: 5. The killing fields of Central and Southern Africa; title: 6. The CITES saga; title: 7. Resurgent poaching : soaring Chinese demand and developing insurgency discourse; title: 8. Conclusion.