Brian J. Huntley

From 1971 to 1975 Brian J. Huntley was ecologist for Angola's five major national parks, surveying the entire country and developing the country's conservation strategy. Integrating the historical, political, economic and environmental threads that account for Angola's post-colonial tragedy, toon meer Huntley describes in detail the wildlife, wild places and wild personalities that have occupied Angola's conservation landscape through four decades of war and a decade and a half of peace. Despite the loss of its innocence, Huntley believes that Angola can rebuild its national parks and save much of its wildlife and wilderness. As the popular Angolan motto goes: Esperana a ltima coisa a morrer - hope is the last thing to die. toon minder