The Game of Conservation: International Treaties to Protect the World’s Migratory Animals
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 b...
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ftohiouniv:oai:ohioopen.library.ohio.edu:oupress-1008 2023-10-01T03:52:00+02:00 The Game of Conservation: International Treaties to Protect the World’s Migratory Animals Cioc, Mark 2009-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/9 https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/context/oupress/article/1008/viewcontent/gameofconservation.pdf eng eng OHIO Open Library https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/9 https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/context/oupress/article/1008/viewcontent/gameofconservation.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Ohio University Press Open Access Books migratory animals wildlife conservation animal welfare treaties Animal Law Biodiversity Ecology and Evolutionary Biology International Law text 2009 ftohiouniv 2023-09-02T18:38:34Z 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 conservation to good effect, often saving key species from complete extermination and sometimes keeping the population numbers at viable levels. It is because of these treaties that Africa is dotted with large national parks, that North America has an extensive network of bird refuges, and that there are any whales left in the oceans. All of these treaties are still in effect today, and all continue to influence nature-protection efforts around the globe. Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Mark Cioc shows that a handful of treaties—all designed to protect the world’s most commercially important migratory species—have largely shaped the contours of global nature conservation over the past century. The scope of the book ranges from the African savannahs and the skies of North America to the frigid waters of the Antarctic. https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/1008/thumbnail.jpg Text Antarc* Antarctic OHIO Open Library (Ohio University) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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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 conservation to good effect, often saving key species from complete extermination and sometimes keeping the population numbers at viable levels. It is because of these treaties that Africa is dotted with large national parks, that North America has an extensive network of bird refuges, and that there are any whales left in the oceans. All of these treaties are still in effect today, and all continue to influence nature-protection efforts around the globe. Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Mark Cioc shows that a handful of treaties—all designed to protect the world’s most commercially important migratory species—have largely shaped the contours of global nature conservation over the past century. The scope of the book ranges from the African savannahs and the skies of North America to the frigid waters of the Antarctic. https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/1008/thumbnail.jpg |
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