Managing Our Wildlife Heritage by Ron Thomson

Managing Our Wildlife Heritage (Collectible Wildlife Management Handbook)

A Plain-Language Guide to the Principles and Practice of Managing Africa's Wildlife

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Managing Our Wildlife Heritage: An informative handbook for anybody and everybody who is interested in the well-being of Africa's wildlife
• Author: Ron Thomson
• Publisher: Magron Publishers, Hartbeespoort
• Publication Date: 2006
• ISBN-13: 9780620371407
• ISBN-10: 0620371404
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with a full-colour elephant photograph to the front cover and white lettering to a teal spine.
• Physical Format: Medium softcover, roughly A5 in size. Title page with a small black-and-white elephant photograph.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated card wrappers are clean and bright, with sharp corners and a full-colour elephant photograph to the front. The teal spine, lettered in white, is straight and clean. A light vertical hinge crease is visible near the spine on the front cover. The back cover is clean with no obvious marks.
• Interior: The title page and copyright page are clean and bright, with no marks.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in 2006 by Magron Publishers of Hartbeespoort, Managing Our Wildlife Heritage is Ron Thomson's concise handbook on the principles and practice of wildlife management in Africa. It is written in plain language for anybody with an interest in the well-being of the continent's wildlife.

The book is an updated condensation of three of the author's earlier works. It addresses a general readership, including students, guides, game ranch managers, hunters, the media and politicians, and takes a firm part in the public debate on wildlife conservation.

A review published by WESSA singled out its chapter on a management model for national parks. The same reviewer noted that the book explains why he regards the animal rights movement as the greatest danger to Africa's wildlife. A useful volume for anyone following the long-running argument over how Africa's wildlife should be managed.

Author Profile: Ron Thomson

Ron Thomson is a former game warden and national parks director with more than four decades of experience in southern African wildlife management. He served as Provincial Game Warden in charge of Hwange National Park, later as Chief Nature Conservation Officer of Ciskei, and then as Director of the Bophuthatswana National Parks Board.

He is the author of a number of books on wildlife and conservation, including On Wildlife "Conservation" (1986), The Wildlife Game (1992), A Game Warden's Report (2003) and Elephant 'Conservation': The Facts & the Fiction (2021).

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