WILD HEART OF AFRICA

Illustrations by Bodo Meier. Authors: George Atanas, Rolf Baldus, Gerald Bigurube, Richard Bonham, Rudolf Hahn, Benson Kibonde, Wilhelm Kuhnert, James McCarthy, Ndunguru Ngwatura, Brian Nicholson, Christian Pitra, Alan Rodgers, Rolf Rohwer, Dieter Schramm, Gerald Selous, Mike Shand, Ludwig Siege, Neil Stronach, and Erasmus Tarimo.

Limited Edition: 268 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photographs and paintings by Bodo Meier, maps, half dark blue leather gilt with brown cloth sides, a fine copy in dark blue cloth slip case.

'This book is the story of the Selous, a game reserve in southern Tanzania. It is the largest protected wildlife area in the world. There are no people living within its boundaries and it contains some of the greatest wildlife concentrations on the continent, including 70 000 elephant, over 120 000 buffalo, more than half a million antelope and a couple of thousand large carnivores roaming freely in its forests, riverine thickets, steppes and mountain ranges.

'The contributors to this book share over a century of work in the Reserve. They also share the belief that the Selous is not only the largest and oldest protected area in Africa but it is also one of the finest in the world. They hope that this book will make the public aware of how important it is to conserve this World Heritage Site.' Editor's note.