This book is the first comprehensive account of the economic and socioeconomic importance of consumptive and non-consumptive use of wild animals around the world. It endeavours to treat this highly emotional subject objectively and scientifically with consideration of the importance of conservation and sustainable multiple use of natural resources for the best long-term benefit of man. Apart from up-to-date information on the different reptile, bird and mammal groups the book describes the background and principles that should govern wildlife utilization under varying ecological and sociological circumstances. The book is a most important source of information for any professionals concerned with wildlife management and those interested in wildlife conservation.
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This book is the first comprehensive account of the economic and socioeconomic importance of consumptive and non-consumptive use of wild animals around the world. It endeavours to treat this highly emotional subject objectively and scientifically with consideration of the importance of conservation and sustainable multiple use of natural resources for the best long-term benefit of man. Apart from up-to-date information on the different reptile, bird and mammal groups the book describes the background and principles that should govern wildlife utilization under varying ecological and sociological circumstances. It also discusses the processing and marketing of some of the more important wildlife products. The book is a most important source of information for any professionals concerned with wildlife management and those interested in wildlife conservation.
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international primate trade, wildlife utilisation, game utilisation, venison production, wildlife production systems, emu farming, bison farming, utilised species, consumptive utilisation, selected literature references, crocodile farming, doomed eggs, deer farming, raw pelts, ostrich industry, whaling statistics, safari tourism, economic utilisation, utilisation programmes, million pelts, commercial utilisation, hunting tourism, ostrich farming, caiman skins, national parks tourism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South Africa, New Zealand, Southern Africa, Cambridge University Press, South America, New York, West Africa, Hong Kong, Ministry of Natural Resources, Papua New Guinea, South-East Asia, Middle Ages, Longman Group, United States, South Korea, Central Asia, Western Asia, Bureau of Resource, East Africa, University of Chicago Press, Australian Government Publishing Service, Central America, Costa Rica, North Atlantic New!
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international primate trade, wildlife utilisation, game utilisation, venison production, wildlife production systems, emu farming, bison farming, utilised species, consumptive utilisation, selected literature references, crocodile farming, doomed eggs, deer farming, raw pelts, ostrich industry, whaling statistics, safari tourism, economic utilisation, utilisation programmes, million pelts, commercial utilisation, hunting tourism, ostrich farming, caiman skins, national parks tourism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South Africa, New Zealand, Southern Africa, Cambridge University Press, South America, New York, West Africa, Hong Kong, Ministry of Natural Resources, Papua New Guinea, South-East Asia, Middle Ages, Longman Group, United States, South Korea, Central Asia, Western Asia, Bureau of Resource, East Africa, University of Chicago Press, Australian Government Publishing Service, Central America, Costa Rica, North Atlantic New!
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- Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation by John G. Robinson on 12 pages
- A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals by Juliet Clutton-Brock on 8 pages
- Primate Conserva Trop Forest (MONOGRAPHS IN PRIMATOLOGY) by Marsh on page 184, and page 185
- Wild Animals by John F. McGee on page 77, and page 328
- The History of Modern Whaling by J.N. Tonnessen on page 239, and page 346
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