| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1982 |
| Authors: | J. Verschuren |
| Journal: | Oryx |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Pagination: | 421-427 |
| Date Published: | 1982 |
| Keywords: | bushmeat, Chiroptera, conservation, Eidolon helvum, Epomops buettikoferi, hunting, Liberia, Mammalia, mining, Mount Nimba, Myonycteris torquata, protected areas, Pteropodidae, rainforests, West Africa |
| Abstract: | Until recently Liberia has lagged far behind the rest of Africa in conservation, with no national parks, no hunting regulations, and widespread forest destruction. But the creation in 1976 of a Forest Development Authority with a dynamic staff offers real hope for the future. The author, widely known for his conservation work, especially in Zaire, spent four months on a WWF/IUCN survey in 1978-79; he describes what he found and the proposals he made to the Liberian authorities. |
| URL: | Verschuren 1982.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003060530001807X |