Searching for pekpek : cassowaries and conservation in the New Guinea rainforest / Andrew L. Mack
- Bib ID:
- 6812639
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mack, Andrew L, author
- Description:
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- New Florence, PA : Cassowary Conservation & Publishing, [2014]
- ©2014
- xvii, 235 pages : illustrations (chiefly coloured), maps (some coloured), coloured portraits ; 26 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780989390309 (paperback)
- 0989390306 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- 1. First time in Haia
- 2. Gimi gunfire and bandits
- 3. Droppings galore, a good camp and a flood
- 4. Why fruits and droppings?
- 5. How did I get here?
- 6. Searing for a place to search for droppings
- 7. Deb arrives
- 8. Burglars and the Ubaigubi court system
- 9. Choosing the study area when malaria strikes
- 10. Building the station
- 11. Blazing trails and exploring
- 12. Cassowaries, chiggers and conservation
- 13. Two cassowaries : Huey and Louie
- 14. Big reds and radio tracking
- 15. Some extraordinary help
- 16. Big reds and the last contribution of Huey and Louie
- 17. Back to Miami and life in the USA
- 18. Data analysis in Miami and big red becomes "my" tree
- 19. Finishing the dissertation and searching for a job
- 20. Meanwhile, back at Sera
- 21. Epiphany: transformation from research to conservation
- 22. Hardships and danger
- 23. Back to PNG at last and shedding baggage
- 24. Finally, real conservation - capacity building
- 25. InterOil arrives
- 26. Spivs and liars
- 27. Moving ahead despite InterOil
- 28. The dealbreaker
- 29. Things unravel quickly
- 30. Regrouping, yet again
- 31. Closing shop.
- Notes:
- In English with chapter titles also in Tok Pisin
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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