| Description |
xxxi, 391 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Hilary Brandt -- Introduction : my adventurous and astonishing mother / Margaretta Jolly -- Chronology of events -- Dramatis personae -- Map of Madagascar -- 1. 'Our country is committing suicide' -- Part I. Villages. 2. Dancing in the rainforest ; 3. Burning baobabs; death of children ; 4. David Attenborough, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur and school among the baobabs ; 5. Eleanor and the aye-ayes -- Part II. Politics. 6. Where indri sing ; 7. Napoleon versus the zoos ; 8. The bank corrals the donors ; 9. Dishing out the dough ; 10. Our cash killed Bedo ; 11. The bank goes to the forest -- Part III. Environment and development. 12. Golden bamboo lemurs of Ranomafana ; 13. Patricia walked the boundaries ; 14. The village of the fig tree ; 15. Development meltdown ; 16. Real life and DreamWorks ; 17. President Ratsiraka ; 18. Madame Berthe was dancing -- Part IV. Weather. 19. Famine in the south ; 20. Lemurs coping ; 21. Scientists, people, lemurs : Berenty, Bezà Mahafaly and Tsimanampetsotsa ; 22. Climate change -- Part V. Money. 23. Durban vision; rosewood massacre ; 24. The new mines ; 25. Where are we now?. |
| Subject |
Jolly, Alison -- Diaries.
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Lemurs -- Conservation.
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Women primatologists -- Madagascar -- Diaries.
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Primatologists -- Madagascar -- Diaries.
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Conservation biology -- Madagascar.
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Nature conservation -- Social aspects -- Madagascar.
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| Added Title |
Conservation diaries of Alison Jolly |
| ISBN |
9781783603183 |
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1783603186 |
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1783603178 |
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9781783603176 |
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