Papyrus and Wetlands Management in Africa

Past, Present and Future Challenges
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-67498-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the influence that the papyrus plant has had on African wetlands, with a particular focus on the Nile, in the past and how this may change with the oncoming threats of climate change.

The papyrus plant is one of the fastest growing in the world and it forms the dominant vegetation in almost all sub-Saharan wetlands, and particularly the Nile Basin wetlands. Unlike other books on rivers and wetlands, this book focuses on this dominant and defining plant which plays such an important role in determining the structure and functioning of the Nile and other African wetland systems. It examines papyrus in the past, in the present and in the future, asking where and when did it evolve, what features have made it so widespread, productive and useful to humans, and how it has influenced the ecology of African wetlands. With over two hundred and fifty million people relying on the water of the Nile to survive, the book examines the intimate relationship between, papyrus, people and the river. It concludes by discussing the current challenges to the sustainability of that relationship and whether this relationship can withstand the threat of changing climate and human demands as populations increase.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of wetland management, ecosystem services, water resource management, biogeography, sustainable development and African studies

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Michael B.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Papyrus and its’ Environment 2. Ancient Uses of the Papyrus Plant 3. The Nile Basin and Papyrus Wetlands 4. Carbon and Water Cycling in Papyrus Wetlands 5. Threats to Papyrus Wetlands – anthropogenic impacts, altered hydrology and climate change 6. Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Management of Papyrus Wetlands 7. The future for Papyrus Wetlands

Über Autor(innen)

Michael B. Jones is a plant ecophysiologist and is an Emeritus Fellow in Trinity College Dublin and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He is the author of Miscanthus for Bioenergy Production (Routledge, 2019).