Bøger af Melle Ekane Maurice

The book titled ' The Ecology of Birds' is aimed at examining the ecology of birds in human community. Birds are ecologically very important especially in forest regeneration, but not every person appreciates this value due to the destructive ability of some species of birds to crops. This characteristic in particular has caused tremendous crop-yield declines in some parts of the world when the bird-pest population increases. This survey targeted the exploration of the relationship that exist between birds and human activity, specifically residential and farming areas. Additionally, the study revealed the attraction of birds to some human activities, such as cereal farming in certain communities. Furthermore, the usefulness of bird calls for local day-time indication to the local farming communities was revealed by the survey.

The book explains various ways antelope population uses the woodland savanna ecosystem. Wildlife population reduction in the tropics has been caused by poverty, corruption, habitat loss, and poaching. However, bush-meat is a delicacy in many countries found in the developing world. Unfortunately, wildlife farming is still a very remote idea in many communities, hence, whenever bush-meat is needed for consumption the people would turn to the wild forest for poaching. Nonetheless, the Savanna ecosystem is not rich in vegetation, rainfall, moisture, and nutrients compared to the rainforest yet it homes a hug population of wildlife especially the antelopes. The book further examines how antelopes make use of different ecological factors such as vegetation, landscape, weather, for the welfare of their social activities and population distribution. The behavioral flexibility of most antelope species to arid climatic conditions of the woodland savanna ecosystem undoubtedly has favored their hug population distribution in many countries in the tropics.

Le livre "Marginalisation des femmes dans les services de conservation et de tourisme", examine les différentes formes de discrimination des femmes dans les services de conservation à Buea, République du Cameroun. Dans la plupart des régions du Cameroun, les femmes sont considérées comme ayant une passion particulière pour le bien-être environnemental. Malheureusement, la longue tradition d'inégalité entre les sexes au Cameroun a grossièrement négligé la participation effective et maximale des femmes dans la gestion des ressources de la forêt tropicale à travers les services de conservation et d'administration du tourisme. Cependant, dans le passé, les femmes camerounaises n'étaient pas suffisamment autonomes sur le plan éducatif pour avoir leur mot à dire dans ces secteurs de gestion, mais leur éducation dans de nombreux domaines d'étude a révélé aujourd'hui qu'elles sont talentueuses et capables de gérer même les postes de haut niveau dans ces secteurs. Ce livre explique en outre que l'incorporation des femmes dans les services de gestion de la forêt tropicale réduirait la déforestation. De même, une réflexion sur l'augmentation du nombre de femmes dans les services de tourisme animalier au Cameroun permettrait à cette industrie de générer plus de revenus pour la nation.

The book ¿Women Marginalization in Conservation and Tourism Services¿, exams the various forms of women discrimination in conservation services in Buea, Republic of Cameroon. In most part of Cameroon, women have been noted as having a special passion for the environmental well-being. Unfortunately, the longstanding tradition of gender inequality in Cameroon has grossly neglected the effective and maximum participation of women in the management of rainforest resources through the conservation and tourism administration services. However, in the past, Cameroonian women were not educationally empowered enough to have a say in this management sectors, but their education across many fields of study today has revealed that they are talented and capable of managing even the top echelon positions in these sectors. This Book, further explains that the incorporation of women in the rainforest management services would reduce deforestation. Also, a consideration on the increase of women in wildlife tourism services in Cameroon would drive this industry into the speed of more income generation for the nation.

The Wildlife Management book constitutes the study of socio-ecology of Drill Monkeys in captivity. This endangered African primate¿s species is tremendously facing population reduction in the wild due to poaching and the cultivation of the rainforest by its inhabitants. These challenges necessitate the study of the species¿ behavioural ecology to enhance breeding for future relocation into the wild. Furthermore, the book explains the weaverbirds¿ ecology in the local farms and their destructive effect associated to their activities on agricultural crops, and how the farmers are responding to the pest upon the crop damage. Dr Melle Ekane Maurice was born in 15th October 1974 in Bangem, Cameroon. He holds a Ph.D in Wildlife Management from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and presently lectures Wildlife Management, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Ecology, and Wildlife Tourism in the Department of Environmental Science in the University of Buea, Cameroon.

The Book ¿ Human-wildlife Conflict¿ explores and explains the extent which the conflict between the local farmers and wildlife species in farmlands in Cameroon is identified as one of the most critical threats to many wildlife species and the ecological systems. Some of the methods like toxic pesticides used by the local farmers to kill and deter wildlife from crop-raiding are ecologically unacceptable. These pesticides are believed to have killed some of this wildlife species especially the rodents, snakes, monkeys and birds and rendered the surrounding fresh water ecosystem to these farms polluted through surface run-off during heavy rainfall. The Book further explains the consequences of wildlife population decline and extirpation of some wildlife species in some parts of the country if the state government and the conservation stakeholders fail to mitigate this conflict by protecting the animals and crops in the farms through incentives, compensations, and extensive education to the farmers on the disadvantages of using very toxic pesticides in local farms to kill and deter crop-raiders.