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Fra forlagets presentasjon
The survival of our wildlife is a matter of grave concern to all of us in
Africa. These wild creatures amid the wild places they inhabit are not only
important as a source of wonder and inspiration but are an integral part of our
natural resources and of our future livelihood and well being. The conservation
of wildlife and wild places calls for specialist knowledge, trained manpower,
and money.
Julius K. Nyerere, the first presidents of Tanganyika
The environmental implications of the Grameen project flow from its
impacts on both social capital and women’s empowerment, strongly associated
with conservation and sustainable natural resource management.
Professor Mohammad Yunus, Bangladesh, Nobel Piece Price winner 2007
Emmanuel Joshua Gereta is currently an affiliated senior researcher
at Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI). He has broad experience in
conservation biology and worked as a guest researcher at NTNU. Dr. Gereta
received his PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),
Norway and his BSc and MSc in Range Science from Texas A & M University,
USA. In 2005, Dr. Gereta has been the Personal Assistant to the Director General
of Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) for four years. Dr Gereta was formerly the
Principal Ecologist and Head of the Ecology Department, now Ecological
Monitoring Department for TANAPA.
Eivin Røskaft is a professor in evolutionary biology at NTNU. He
received his PhD at NTNU in 1984 on social behavior in birds. He has a broad
research interest ranging from avian brood parasitism, via evolution of human
behavior to conservation biology. Over the last 20 years Professor Røskaft has
developed a strong interest in conservation of the biological resources in
Africa and Asia. He is now involved in conservation research in these two
fascinating continents, and has trained more than ten PhD candidates from Africa
and Asia to their final degree. Some of these students are authors of many of
the chapters in this book.
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