Serengeti Story

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Serengeti is arguably the most well-known & highly treasured conservation area in the world. In 1972 the United Nations meeting on National Parks & Protected Areas agreed to set up World Heritage Sites now supervised by UNESCO & at that meeting they voted Serengeti top of the list. What makes this site outstanding? What happens in Serengeti biologically? How did it become a protected area? What are the historical events that have shaped its present dynamics? What will happen to it in future? How has it become relevant to human society & conservation? These are the questions that Anthony Sinclair answers. First arriving in Serengeti in 1961 he has worked as a scientist in this ecosystem since 1965 & continues to do so today. In the process he has documented not only the ecological events as the system has changed but also the political economic & social events that have driven these changes. Including personal accounts of the dramatic events brought about by the vicissitudes of political turmoil he tells the story of Serengeti & its surrounding research. Providing the historical background
- both the paleohistory going back 4 million years & the modern history of the region
- he examines the future of conservation considering the ominous threats facing the Serengeti today.