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The second largest of the continents, on the Mediterranean in the north, the Atlantic in the west, and the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean in the east. The Sahara desert divides the continent unequally into North Africa and Africa south of Sahara. The largest lake is Lake Victoria and the chief rivers are the Nile, Niger, Congo, and Zambezi. The hottest continent, Africa has vast mineral resources, many of which are still undeveloped. (Source: CED / AMHER)

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Fritsch G 1885. Der Weltteil Afrika in Einzeldarstellungen. Südafrika zum Zambesi. I Abteilung.

Malbrandt R, Maclatchy A 1958. Occurence inattendue de deux Oiseaux d' Afrique Australe au Gabon. Proceedings of the 1st Pan-African Ornithological Congress

Website link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1959.9633318

Kirk-Spriggs AH 2007. Third instar larva and puparium of Archicollinella penteseta (Richards) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from Namibian guano islands, with notes on the species' biology and introduction to the Scilly Isles of Great Britain. African Entomology 15 (1) 141-151

Website link:http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/1021-3589-15.1.141

McClean CJ, Doswald N, Küper W, Sommer JH, Barnard P, Lovett JC 2006. Potential impacts of climate change on Sub-Saharan African plant priority area selection. Diversity and Distributions 12 645-655

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2006.00290.x/full

Kemp AC, Crowe TM 1985. The systematics and zoogeography of Afrotropical hornbills (Aves: Bucerotidae).

Liminana R, Soutullo A, Arroyo B, Urios V 2012. Protected areas do not fulfil the wintering habitat needs of the trans-Saharan migratory Montagu's harrier. Biological Conservation 145 (1) 62-69

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320711003788

Kipping J, Martens A, Suhling F 2012. Africa's smallest damselfly - a new Agriocnemis from Namibia (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Organisms Diversity and Evolution 12 (3) 301-306

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-012-0084-4

Wily LA 2008. Custom and commonage in Africa rethinking the orthodoxies. Land Use Policy 25 43-52

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837707000191

2002. 6.48 Comparative indices for African countries.

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McCarthy TS 1993. The great inland deltas of Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) 17 (3) 275-291

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Frolov AV, Akhmetova LA, Scholtz CH 2008. Revision of the obligate mushroom‐feeding African "dung beetle" genus Coptorhina Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of Natural History 42 (21-22) 1477-1508

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222930802002535#.VLYnUGctApE

Alderweireldt M 1996. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ocyale Audouin, 1826 in Africa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Natural History 30 (9) 1349-1365

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222939600771261#.VLPFIGctApE

Kirk-Spriggs AH, McGregor G 2009. Disjunctions in the Diptera (Insecta) fauna of the Mediterranean Province and southern Africa and a discussion of biogeographical considerations. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 64 (1) 35-52

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359190909519236#.VIbSrGctBHg

Townshend JRG, Justice CO 1986. Analysis of the dynamics of African vegetation using the normalized difference vegetation index. International Journal of Remote Sensing 7 (11) 1435-1445

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431168608948946#.VHyLw2ctBHg

Broadley DG 1966. Studies on the ecology and ethology of African lizards. The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 2 (1) 6-16

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/04416651.1966.9650693#.VHhA-GctBHg

Fjeldsa J 2003. Patterns of endemism in African birds: how much does taxonomy matter?. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 74 (1) 30-38

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/00306520309485367#.VHL1_lItBHg

Hanks J 2003. Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in Southern Africa - Their Role in Conserving Biodiversity, Socioeconomic Development and Promoting a Culture of Peace. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 17 (1-2) 127-148

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J091v17n01_08#.VGW7RVItBHg

Dodman T 2007. Estimating the size and status of waterbird populations in Africa. Ostrich 78 (2) 475-480

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Kingdon J 1990. Island Africa: Evolution of Africa's Rare Animals and Plants.

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Website link:http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=refs&CODE=ref_detail&id=1400200273

Lindsay K, Chase M, Landen K, Nowak K 2017. The shared nature of Africa's elephants. Biological Conservation (215) 260-267

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Lindsey PA, Petracca LS, Funston PJ, Bauer H, Dickman A, Everatt K, Flyman M, Henschel P, Hinks AE, Kasiki S, Loveridge A, MacDonald DW, Mandisodza R, Mgoola W, Miller SM, Nazerali S, Siege L, Uiseb K, Hunter LTB 2017. The performance of African protected areas for lions and their prey. Biological Conservation (209) 137-149

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Browne-Nuñez C, Jonker SA 2008. Attitudes Toward Wildlife and Conservation Across Africa: A Review of Survey Research. Human Dimensions of Wildlife: An International Journal (13) 47-70

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Barrow E, Kamugisha-Ruhombe J, Nhantumbo I, Oyono R, Savadogo M 2016. Who owns Africa's forests? Exploring the impacts of forest tenure reform on forest ecosystems and livelihoods. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods (25) 132-156

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Who owns Africa s forests Exploring the impacts of forest tenure reform on forest ecosystems and livelihoods.pdf	1.62 MB

Naidoo R, Stuart-Hill G, Weaver C, Tagg J, Davis A, Davidson A 2011. Effect of Diversity of Large Wildlife Species on Financial Benefits to Local Communities in Northwest Namibia. Environmental and Resource Economics (48) 321–335

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Murphree M 2004. Communal approaches to natural resource management in Africa: From whence and to where?. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (7) 203-216

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/13880290490883250

Fourie J, Santana-Gallego M 2013. The determinants of African tourism. Development Southern Africa (30) 347-366

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2013.817302

Rogerson CM 2007. Reviewing Africa in the global tourism economy. Development Southern Africa (24) 361-379

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1080/03768350701445350

Orr T 2016. Re-thinking the application of sustainable use policies for African Elephants in a changed world.

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Schnegg M 2018. Institutional multiplexity: social networks and community-based natural resource management. Sustainability Science (13) 1017–1030

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Baldus RD 2013. Does Africa need hunting. Hunters Path (2) 34-41

Website link:https://www.jana-jagd.de/buecherfilmecd-s/jagdmagazine/hunter-s-path/?p=1

2012. Hunting for Sustainability in Africa - Tanzania Research Briefings.

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Lindsey PA, Balme GA, Booth VR, Midlane N 2012. The significance of African lions for the financial viability of trophy hunting and the maintenance of wild land. PLoS ONE (7) e29332

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Riggio J, Jacobson A, Dollar L, Bauer H, Becker M, Dickman A, Funston P, Groom R, Henschel P, de Iongh H, Lichtenfeld L, Pimm S 2013. The size of savannah Africa: a lion's (Panthera leo) view. Biodiversity and Conservation (22) 17–35

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Standley S, Emslie R 2013. Population and poaching of African rhinos across African range states.

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Fischer A, Sandström C, Delibes-Mateos M, Arroyo B, Tadie D, Randall D, Hailu F, Lowassa A, Msuha M, Kereži K, Reljić S, Linnell J, Majić A 2013. On the multifunctionality of hunting - an institutional analysis of eight cases from Europe and Africa. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (56) 531-552

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Lindsey PA, Frank LG, Alexander R, Mathieson A, Romanach SS 2007. Trophy hunting and conservation in Africa: Problems and one potential solution. Conservation Biology (21) 880-883

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Biggs D, Holden MH, Braczkowsk A, Cook CN, Milner-Gulland J, Phelps J, Scholes RJ, Smith RJ, Underwood FM, Adams VM, Allan J, Brink H, Cooney R, Gao Y, Hutton J, Macdonald-Madden E, Maron M, Redford KH, Sutherland WJ, Possingham P Breaking the deadlock on ivory: An iterative process that recognizes different value systems may help to protect elephants. Science (358) 1378-1381

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2004. Succulent Plant Research in Africa. Sukkulentenforschung in Afrika. Festschrift Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Ihlenfeldt.

Website link:http://www.biodiversity-plants.de/biodivers_ecol/vol2.php

Africa Soil Information Service.

Website link:http://africasoils.net/about/

Kipping J, Clausnitzer V, Fernandes Elizalde SRF, Dijkstra KDB 2019. Chapter 9: The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Angola: An Updated Synthesis. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 141-165

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Mendes LF, Bivar-de-Sousa A, Williams MC 2019. Chapter 10: The Butterflies and Skippers (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Angola: An Updated Checklist. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 167-203

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Skelton PH 2019. Chapter 11: The Freshwater Fishes of Angola. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 207-242

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Beja P, Pinto PV, Veríssimo L, Bersacola E, Fabiano E, Palmeirim JM, Monadjem A, Monterroso P, Svensson MS, Taylor PJ 2019. Chapter 15: The Mammals of Angola. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 357-443

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Russo V, Huntley BJ, Lages F, Ferrand N 2019. Chapter 20: Conclusions: Biodiversity Research and Conservation Opportunities. Biodiversity of Angola - Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis 543-549

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Brown DS 1994. Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance.

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1201/9781482295184

Alderweireldt M, Jocqué R 1992. A review of the nebulosa group of Pardosa Koch 1847 in Africa, a complex with some highly variable species (Araneae:Lycosidae). Tropical Zoology (5) 96-98

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Lotz LN 1994. Revision of the genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Africa. Researches of the National Museum (10) 2-57

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Russell-Smith A 1981. Seasonal activity and diversity of ground-living spiders in two African savanna habitats. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society (5) 145-154

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Kelemu S, Niassy S, Torto B, Fiaboe K, Affognon H, Tonnang H, Maniania NK, Ekesi S 2015. African edible insects for food and feed: Inventory, diversity, commonalities and contribution to food security. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed (1) 103-119

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Diagana CH, Dodman T, Sylla SI 2006. The African Waterbird Census (1991-2004): fourteen years of waterbird surveys in Africa. Waterbirds around the world: A global overview of the conservation, management and research of the world's waterbird flyways 453-456

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