Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning (eBook)

Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches

Ngaio Richards (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
304 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-119-99854-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This cutting-edge title is one of the first devoted entirely to the issue of carbofuran and wildlife mortality. It features a compilation of international contributions from policy-makers, researchers, conservationists and forensic practitioners and provides a summary of the history and mode of action of carbofuran, and its current global use. It covers wildlife mortality stemming from legal and illegal uses to this point, outlines wildlife rehabilitation, forensic and conservation approaches, and discuss global trends in responding to the wildlife mortality. The subject of carbofuran is very timely because of recent parallel discussions to withdraw and reinstate the insecticide in different parts of the world. Incidences of intentional and unintentional wildlife poisonings using carbofuran are undeniably on the rise, especially in Africa and India and gatherings of stakeholders are being organized and convened on a global basis. There is still a need to consolidate information on the different experiences and approaches taken by stakeholders. Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning is a comprehensive overview of global wildlife mortality, forensic developments and monitoring techniques and is a definitive reference on the subject. It comprises of historical and current perspectives, contributions from key stakeholders in the issue of global wildlife poisonings with carbofuran, people on the ground who deal with the immediate and long-term ramifications to wildlife, those who have proposed or are working towards mitigative measures and solutions, those in contact with intentional or unintentional 'offenders', those who have adapted and developed forensic methodology and are gathering evidence. "e;Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning is a collection of meticulously researched papers from all around the world that provide shocking facts about the effects of a deadly insecticide on wildlife. The book discusses the hundreds of thousands of animals, from elephants to fish, that are poisoned each year, the efforts to rehabilitate those which have been rescued, and the often heroic efforts to ban or reduce the use of the deadly chemical. This book is a must for all those concerned with the problem."e; Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, October 2011

Autor

Ngaio Richards is editor of Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches, published by Wiley. Ngaio ran a session on Wildlife Forensics at the Environmental Forensics Conference in Bournemouth in 2007 which attracted widespread interest.

Rezensionen

"The book provides a compelling read to nonscientists as
well as scientists in the area of ecology and wildlife
conservation, and its integration of the toxic effects of
carbofuran to a country's resources and ecological
system." (International Journal of Toxicology,
11 October 2012)

"This comprehensive, timely volume deals
spe-cifically with use of the insecticide carbofuran and the
global wildlife mortality and morbidity it has caused . . .
Overall, this book is generally well-written, organized, and
edited. Clearly, this book emerges as the definitive reference on
this particular subject. This book will be very useful for wildlife
toxicologists, field biologists and other field researchers, NGOs
and other conservation organiza-tions, wildlife veterinarians
and reha-bilitators, and wildlife law enforcement
agencies." (Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation,
2012)

"Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and
Forensic Approaches is useful for anyone who wishes to gain insight
into the complexities of current global envi-ronmental problems and
control as well as those interested in the nar-rower area of
Carbofuran use and abuse." (Environmental Chemistry Group Bulletin,
1 January 2012)

"Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning is a collection of
meticulously researched papers from all around the world that
provide shocking facts about the effects of a deadly insecticide on
wildlife. The book discusses the hundreds of thousands of
animals, from elephants to fish, that are poisoned each year, the
efforts to rehabilitate those which have been rescued, and the
often heroic efforts to ban or reduce the use of the deadly
chemical. This book is a must for all those concerned with the
problem. "

Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE

Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute &

UN Messenger of Peace

October 2011



"This thoroughly informative work brings together a wide
range of reports by experts and dramatically underscores the very
real threat that pesticides pose to our world of nature. It
is a "must have" work for reference and knowledge." from
Richard Leakey, Chairman of Wildlife Direct, September 2011

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.11.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Schlagworte: Analytische Chemie / Forensik • Biowissenschaften • Chemie • Chemistry • Environmental Science • Environmental Studies • Forensics • Forensic Science • Forensik • Life Sciences • Umweltforschung • Umweltwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-119-99854-9 / 1119998549
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-99854-9 / 9781119998549