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In an age of rapidly disappearing animal species there can be success stories in the world of wildlife conservation. Eric Dinerstein is the leader of the team responsible for the recovery of the formerly endangered greater one-horned rhinoceros in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal. His book provides an account of these unique mammals -who stand up to six feet high and reach fourteen feet in length -and details the practical conservation strategy that was successfully applied to save them.
"Return of the Unicorns" distills more than two decades of observation of Asian wildlife into a conservation strategy applicable to much of the regions dwindling wildlife. It is valuable to biologists, conservation biologists, and to anyone interested in large mammals and their future
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This book presents in detail a success story in the world of wildlife conservation: that of the recovery of the formerly endangered greater one-horned rhinoceros in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-302) and index.
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Since 1984, Eric Dinerstein has led the team directly responsible for the recovery of the greater one-horned rhinoceros in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal, where the population had once declined to as few as 100 rhinos. The Return of the Unicorns is an account of what it takes to save endangered large mammals. Dinerstein outlines the multifaceted recovery program -- structured around targeted fieldwork and scientific research, effective protective measures, habitat planning and management, public-awareness campaigns, economic incentives to promote local guardianship, and bold, uncompromising leadership -- that brought these extraordinary animals back from the brink of extinction. In an age when scientists must also become politicians, educators, fund-raisers, and activists in order to safeguard the subjects they study, Dinerstein's inspiring story offers a successful model for large-mammal conservation applicable throughout Asia and across the globe.
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< p=""> Documenting one of the rare success stories in the history of wildlife conservation, < i=""> The Return of the Unicorns<> distills two decades of intensive fieldwork and research on one of the world's most endangered animals: < i=""> Rhinoceros unicornis<> , commonly known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros.<>