Eating apes
Dale Peterson ; with an afterword and photographs by Karl Ammann ; foreword by Janet K. Museveni.
Bok Engelsk 2003 Dale. Peterson,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berkeley : : University of California Press, , 2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (349 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Machine generated contents note: Foreword, by Janet K. Museveni ix --INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1 LAUGHTER 3 -- 2 BEGINNINGS 18 -- 3 DEATH 37 -- 4 FLESH 57 -- 5 BLOOD 80 -- 6 BUSINESS 104 -- 7 DENIAL 226 -- 8 A STORY 151 -- 9 HISTORY 183 --Afterword, by Karl Ammann 211 --Appendix A. Saving the Apes 231 -- Appendix B. Further Reading 240 -- Appendix C. The Primate Family Tree 243 -- Appendix D. The HIV/SIV Family Tree 244 -- Maps 245 -- Notes 265 -- Bibliography 285 -- Acknowledgments 301 -- Index 305 --Color plates follow page 158.. - Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes-chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for o
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| Emner | Ape meat industry - Africa, Central
Apes - Africa, Central Wildlife conservation - Africa, Central biodiversitet biologisk mangfold aper spise afrika kjøtt industri konservering fauna sentral-afrika afrikastudier |
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| ISBN | 0520230906
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