Biodiversity of Angola: Science & Conservation: A Modern Synthesis
暫譯: 安哥拉的生物多樣性：科學與保育：現代綜合分析

這本開放存取的多作者書籍呈現了有關安哥拉生物多樣性的「科學現狀」綜合知識，基於同行評審期刊、書籍及適當的未出版官方報告的來源。該書指出安哥拉是非洲生物多樣性最豐富的國家之一，但也提到其動植物群、棲息地以及驅動生態系統動態的過程仍然缺乏充分的研究和文獻記錄。

這份「科學現狀」綜合報告旨在供所有研究安哥拉生物多樣性的學生使用，以及負責該國生物資源規劃、發展和可持續管理的人士參考。該書匯集了自十八世紀末以來在安哥拉進行的探險和研究成果，特別強調自1975年安哥拉獨立以來的四十年內所進行的工作。各章節由各領域的專家撰寫，並由熟悉該地區的同行進行審核。

Brian J Huntley is an internationally respected conservationist with over 50 years of research and management experience in many African countries and the Sub-Antarctic. His involvement with Angola dates from the 1970s and has continued ever since. Following retirement as CEO of the South African National Biodiversity Institute, he is currently an independent consultant on conservation projects in several African countries. He is a Research Associate at the Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town.

Vladimir Russo is an Angolan environmentalist with over 25 years of experience in environmental issues including policy development, environmental education and biodiversity conservation. He was responsible for the development of the Angolan National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), has managed several biodiversity conservation initiatives and supports projects to protect species such as the giant sable antelope and marine turtles, amongst others. He is currently the Technical Director of the environmental consultancy company Holísticos and the Executive Director of Kissama Foundation, an Angolan biodiversity conservation non-governmental organization.

Fernanda Lages is a biologist who has worked for more than 30 years as a teacher at the Faculty of Sciences, Universidade Agostinho Neto, in Luanda, and as a researcher at the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources. She moved to Lubango in 2007, where she became responsible for the biological collections of the former Institute of Scientific Research of Angola. She is currently involved in several projects related to the study of Angolan fauna and flora. Her priority is the documentation, development and dissemination of the collections and promotion of their value as scientific and educational resources.

Nuno Ferrand is a biologist and professor of genetics and evolution at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal, and at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and has published over 150 papers in prestigious SCI international journals. He is the Director of CIBIO/InBIO, the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, a national key-lab in the biological sciences, and also the Director of the Natural History and Science Museum at the University of Porto. In addition, he was recently awarded by UNESCO with the Chair Life on Land, which corresponds to a network of TwinLabs aimed at developing partnerships in research, advanced training and capacity building with institutions located in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Cape Verdes. Finally, he also dedicates a considerable part of his life to advise national governmental and non-governmental conservation bodies, as well as involving industry and business in the long-term conservation of biological diversity.

布萊恩·J·亨特利是一位國際公認的保育專家，擁有超過50年的研究和管理經驗，涵蓋多個非洲國家及亞南極地區。他自1970年代以來便參與安哥拉的相關工作，並持續至今。在南非國家生物多樣性研究所擔任首席執行官退休後，他目前是多個非洲國家保育項目的獨立顧問。他是史泰倫博斯大學入侵生物學中心的研究夥伴，以及開普敦大學的名譽教授。

弗拉基米爾·魯索是一位安哥拉環保人士，擁有超過25年的環境議題經驗，包括政策發展、環境教育和生物多樣性保護。他負責制定安哥拉國家生物多樣性策略和行動計劃（NBSAP），管理多個生物多樣性保護倡議，並支持保護如巨型黑羚羊和海龜等物種的項目。他目前是環境顧問公司Holísticos的技術總監，以及安哥拉生物多樣性保護非政府組織Kissama Foundation的執行董事。

費南達·拉赫斯是一位生物學家，在盧安達的阿戈斯廷·內托大學科學學院擔任教師超過30年，並在國家植物遺傳資源中心擔任研究員。她於2007年搬到盧班戈，負責前安哥拉科學研究所的生物收藏。她目前參與多個與安哥拉動植物研究相關的項目，優先考慮文獻記錄、收藏的發展與推廣，以及其作為科學和教育資源的價值。

努諾·費蘭德是一位生物學家，擔任葡萄牙波爾圖大學和南非約翰尼斯堡大學的遺傳學與進化教授，並在多本知名的SCI國際期刊上發表超過150篇論文。他是CIBIO/InBIO的主任，該研究中心專注於生物多樣性和遺傳資源，是生物科學領域的國家重點實驗室，同時也是波爾圖大學自然歷史與科學博物館的主任。此外，他最近獲得聯合國教科文組織頒發的陸地生命講座，該講座對應於一個旨在與安哥拉、莫三比克、納米比亞、南非、津巴布韋和維德角的機構發展研究、高級培訓和能力建設夥伴關係的TwinLabs網絡。最後，他還將相當一部分時間投入於為國家政府和非政府保育機構提供建議，並促進產業和商業參與生物多樣性的長期保護。