Shared Commitments To Conservation

Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region. Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.

Meeting the challenges of providing andprotecting a healthy environment for fishand wildlife and for people is central to theprograms of the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService (Service) and is firmly based ontradition since its predecessor agencieswere established more than a century ago.Meeting these challenges requires thecooperation and support of other Federalagencies, State and local governments, foreign governments, conservation groups, and local communities. DedicatedAmericans, combined with our dedicatedInternational partners, are sharing acommon commitment to conservation andare working hand-in-hand with the Serviceto ensure that our Nation's irreplaceablenatural heritage and the world's fish andwildlife resources are protected for theenjoyment of this and future generation

As an asset of tremendousenvironmental, recreational, andeconomic importance, this Nation's fishand wildlife resources represent a vitalpart of our natural heritage - one that isfacing increasing pressures every day.For this reason, the mission of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) growsmore complex and critical every day. Asthe Service continues to look for new andbetter ways to conserve, protect, andenhance fish and wildlife and theirhabitat, its major responsibilities remainfocused on migratory birds, endangeredspecies, certain marine mammals, andfreshwater and anadromous fish.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Annual Financial Report provides information on the financial, management, and programmatic results for the fiscal year 2007.

Communities and people throughout the United States have a strong commitment to fish and wildlife resources today. Many communities realize tremendous economic benefits from tourism and visitors that come specifically to enjoy watching and pursuing fish and wildlife. Hunting and fishing remain strong components of community culture all along the great river systems of the Nation. Americans value and respect their natural resource heritage.