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- 2011509132 abstract "Garth Owen-Smith has spent almost his entire working life fighting - not against a conventional enemy but against official ignorance, harsh climatic conditions, poachers and other enemies of Africa's fast-diminishing wildlife. In the process he has lived and worked in a number of countries but his chosen battlefield has always been the most challenging place of all: the harsh, beautiful and almost unknown Kaokoveld in north-western Namibia, his 'Arid Eden'. He chose sides early on, when he spent two youthful years in the Kaokoveld and not only developed a deep affinity with the indigenous Himba, Herero and Damara pastoralists but realized that they had developed the ideal form of nature conservation, a situation in which humans and their livestock could live in equilibrium with wild game, so that there was room for all. In 1970 he was thrown out of the Kaokoveld as an alleged security risk, then spent a year looking into conservation and the treatment of indigenous peoples in Australia, farmed for two years in Rhodesia, and did pioneering work in conservation education for black youths in South Africa. He finally managed to get back to South West Africa in 1978, and from there embarked on his life's work, to save the remnants of the Kaokoveld's rich wildlife, devastated by a variety of illegal hunters. And he succeeded, although it took him and his partner, Dr Margaret Jacobsohn, 27 years. They have won some of the world's major conservation awards, north-western Namibia is a popular tourism destination and the Kaokoveld's wildlife has come back from the brink of virtual extinction, and thousands of people have benefited from the links they have forged between community development and natural resource management.".
- 2011509132 contributor B12373735.
- 2011509132 coverage "Kaokoland (Namibia)".
- 2011509132 created "c2010.".
- 2011509132 date "2010".
- 2011509132 date "c2010.".
- 2011509132 dateCopyrighted "c2010.".
- 2011509132 description "Garth Owen-Smith has spent almost his entire working life fighting - not against a conventional enemy but against official ignorance, harsh climatic conditions, poachers and other enemies of Africa's fast-diminishing wildlife. In the process he has lived and worked in a number of countries but his chosen battlefield has always been the most challenging place of all: the harsh, beautiful and almost unknown Kaokoveld in north-western Namibia, his 'Arid Eden'. He chose sides early on, when he spent two youthful years in the Kaokoveld and not only developed a deep affinity with the indigenous Himba, Herero and Damara pastoralists but realized that they had developed the ideal form of nature conservation, a situation in which humans and their livestock could live in equilibrium with wild game, so that there was room for all. In 1970 he was thrown out of the Kaokoveld as an alleged security risk, then spent a year looking into conservation and the treatment of indigenous peoples in Australia, farmed for two years in Rhodesia, and did pioneering work in conservation education for black youths in South Africa. He finally managed to get back to South West Africa in 1978, and from there embarked on his life's work, to save the remnants of the Kaokoveld's rich wildlife, devastated by a variety of illegal hunters. And he succeeded, although it took him and his partner, Dr Margaret Jacobsohn, 27 years. They have won some of the world's major conservation awards, north-western Namibia is a popular tourism destination and the Kaokoveld's wildlife has come back from the brink of virtual extinction, and thousands of people have benefited from the links they have forged between community development and natural resource management.".
- 2011509132 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-601) and index.".
- 2011509132 extent "xiv, 610 p., [48] p. of plates :".
- 2011509132 identifier "1868423638 (pbk.)".
- 2011509132 identifier "9781868423637 (pbk.)".
- 2011509132 issued "2010".
- 2011509132 issued "c2010.".
- 2011509132 language "eng".
- 2011509132 publisher "Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball,".
- 2011509132 spatial "Kaokoland (Namibia)".
- 2011509132 spatial "Namibia Kaokoland.".
- 2011509132 subject "333.72096881 22".
- 2011509132 subject "Conservation of natural resources Namibia Kaokoland.".
- 2011509132 subject "Ecology Namibia Kaokoland.".
- 2011509132 subject "Nature conservation Namibia Kaokoland.".
- 2011509132 subject "QH540.83.N3 O94 2010".
- 2011509132 title "An arid Eden : a personal account of conservation in the Kaokoveld / Garth Owen-Smith.".
- 2011509132 type "text".