The game of conservation : international treaties to protect the world's migratory animals / Mark Cioc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cioc, Mark.

Series:

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.

Ohio University Press series in ecology and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migratory animals--Conservation--International cooperation.

Migratory animals.

Wildlife conservation (International law).

Animal welfare--Law and legislation.

Animal welfare.

Treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Game of Conservation is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world. Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than as attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major breakthroughs in firearm techniques, such as the invention of the elephant gun and grenade harpoons, but agricultural development was at least as important as hunting regulations in determining the fate of migratory species. The treaties had many defects, yet they also served the goal of c

Contents:

Africa's apartheid parks

The North American bird war

The Antarctic whale massacre.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9780821443606

0821443607

OCLC:

884016868

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access