GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, AND DEMOGRAPHY E. Kalipeni, et al. Turning Science into Action: Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Management in Af rica. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2009. 638 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $39.95. Paper.
Turning Science into Action is an ambitious and far-reaching edited volume that focuses on several of the key challenges to biodiversity conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. The volume is the result of a major conference that took place in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2007. The overarching objective of the conference was to identify ways in which science can improve complementary approaches to species conservation and sustainable …