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The Black Mambas are South Africa's first all-female anti-poaching unit, chosen by the white and male-dominated conservation authorities. Their fight against poaching challenges the role of women (and men) in their communities and South African society at large

On the history of hunting and wildlife conservation efforts by game wardens in Namibia

• Foreword Prologue. For the Birds
• 1. The Hunter
• 2. The Dealer
• 3. The Hunted
• 4. The Sportsman
• 5. The Criminal
• 6. The Conservationist Epilogue. The Culture of Conservation Acknowledgments Notes Index.
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A fascinating look at how a commercial market for birds in the late nineteenth century set the stage for conservation and its legislation. Between the end of the Civil War and the 1920s, the United States witnessed the creation, rapid expansion, and then disappearance of a commercial market for hunted wild animals. The bulk of commercial wildlife sales in the last part of the nineteenth century were of wildfowl, who were prized not only for their eggs and meat but also for their beautiful feathers. Wild birds were brought to cities in those years to be sold as food for customers' tables, decorations for ladies' hats, treasured pets, and specimens for collectors' cabinets. Though relatively short-lived, this market in birds was broadly influential, its rise and fall coinciding with the birth of the Progressive Era conservation movement. In The Market in Birds, historian Andrea L. Smalley and wildlife biologist Henry M. Reeves illuminate this crucial chapter in American environmental history. Touching on ecology, economics, law, and culture, the authors reveal how commercial hunting set the terms for wildlife conservation and the first federal wildlife legislation at the turn of the twentieth century. Smalley and Reeves delve into the ground-level interactions among market hunters, game dealers, consumers, sportsmen, conservationists, and the wild birds they all wanted. Ultimately, they argue, wildfowl commercialization represented a revolutionary shift in wildlife use, turning what had been a mostly limited, local, and seasonal trade into an interstate industrial-capitalist enterprise. In the process, it provoked a critical public debate over the value of wildlife in a modern consumer culture. By the turn of the twentieth century, the authors reveal, it was clear that wild bird populations were declining precipitously all over North America. The looming possibility of a future without birds sparked intense debate nationwide and eventually culminated in the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Scholars, environmentalists, wildlife professionals, and anyone concerned about wildlife will find this new perspective on conservation history enlightening reading.
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""Tráfico Ilegal: flora y fauna es un nuevo libro que nos entrega José Antonio Samamé Saavedra, el mismo que es producto de una provocadora investigación que comienza por caracterizar la situación actual de las especies de flora y fauna silvestre ante la presencia de amenazas antrópicas manifestadas a través del comercio ilegal, tenencia ilícita de fauna silvestre, tala indiscriminada de procedencia ilegal de especies en peligro crítico y vulnerable, tráfico y cacería furtiva, así como, la escasa efectividad de los mecanismos y responsables de su protección, sea por falta de rigurosidad de las sanciones y debilidad de los controles a los planes de manejo, entre otras. Ante lo cual abre el abanico de posibilidades y propone priorizar la conservación productiva para el manejo de vida silvestre. Es decir, avanzar hacia la conservación productiva con modelos de negocios sostenibles, protagonismo de los diferentes actores sociales en especial a las comunidades rurales debidamente capacitados para el aprovechamiento de especies de flora y fauna silvestre o el promover el consumo de productos certificados derivados de la biodiversidad. Tomando como referencia a una región como Lambayeque, lo propuesto rompe con las ideas de conservación románticas o utópicas, las mismas que vienen perdiendo terreno frente a las organizaciones criminales que se enriquecen de tala ilegal, caza furtiva, la comercialización de especies exóticas, en fin, de la depredación de los recursos naturales." Javier Ruíz Gutiérrez."--Page 4 of cover

• Contributors Preface Acknowledgments
• 1. Defining Wildlife and Wildlife Management, by Paul R. Krausman
• 2. The History of Wildlife Conservation in North America, by Robert D. Brown
• 3. The Wildlife Professional, by John F. Organ
• 4. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management, by Daniel J. Decker, Shawn J. Riley, and William F. Siemer
• 5. Structured Decision Making, by Michael C. Runge, Michael S. Mitchell, and James B. Grand
• 6. Scale in Wildlife Management: The Difficulty with Extrapolation, Replication, and Unappreciated Impediments, by John A. Bissonette
• 7. Wildlife Population Dynamics, by L. Scott Mills and Heather Johnson
• 8. Wildlife Health and Diseases, by David A. Jessup
• 9. Hunting and Trapping, by Jim Heffelfinger
• 10. Impacts of Weather and Accidents on Wildlife, by Michael R. Conover, Jonathan B. Dinkins, and Michael J. Haney
• 11. Nutritional Ecology, by Katherine L. Parker
• 12. Plant-Animal Interactions, by Kelley M. Stewart
• 13. Water and Other Welfare Factors, by James W. Cain III, Paul R. Krausman, and Steven S. Rosenstock
• 14. Predator-Prey Relationships and Management, by Clint W. Boal and Warren B. Ballard
• 15. Animal Behavior , by John L. Koprowski and W. Sue Fairbanks
• 16. Habitat, by R. William Mannan and Robert J. Steidl
• 17. Wildlife Restoration, by Michael L. Morrison
• 18. Climate Change and Wildlife, by Marta Jarzyna, Benjamin Zuckerberg, and William F. Porter
• 19. Conservation Planning for Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat, by Susan Rupp, Anna M. Munoz, and Roel R. Lopez
• 20. Managing Populations, by William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Leonard A. Brennan, Bart M. Ballard, David G. Hewitt, Fred C. Bryant, Tyler A. Campbell, Charles A. DeYoung, Fidel Hernandez, and Scott E. Henke Index.
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The definitive textbook for students of wildlife management, now updated to cover the latest techniques, tools, and topics. Wildlife Management and Conservation presents a clear overview of the management and conservation of animals, their habitats, and how people influence both. The relationship among these three components of wildlife management is explained in chapters written by leading experts and is designed to prepare students for careers in which they will be charged with maintaining healthy animal populations. To be successful wildlife professionals, they will need to find ways to restore depleted populations, reduce overabundant, introduced, or pest species, and manage relationships among various human stakeholders. This book gives them the basic knowledge necessary to accomplish these goals. This second edition, which is updated throughout, features several new and expanded topics, including communication in the wildlife profession, fire science, Indigenous models of management and conservation, plant-animal interactions, quantitative analysis of wildlife populations, and a detailed glossary. The book also covers: * Human dimensions of wildlife management * Animal behavior * Predator-prey relationships * Structured decision making * Issues of scale in wildlife management * Wildlife health * Historical context of wildlife management and conservation * Hunting and trapping * Nongame species * Nutrition ecology * Water management * Climate change * Conservation planning The most widely used foundational text in the field, this is the perfect resource not only for students but also for early career professionals and those in related fields who need to understand the core tenets and tools of wildlife conservation and management. Contributors: C. Jane Anderson, Bart M. Ballard, Warren B. Ballard, John A. Bissonette, Clint Boal, Scott B. Boyle, Leonard A. Brennan, Robert D. Brown, James W. Cain III, Tyler A. Campbell, Michael J. Cherry, Michael R. Conover, Daniel J. Decker, Randall W. DeYoung, Jonathan B. Dinkins, W. Sue Fairbanks, Selma N. Glasscock, James B. Grand, Michael J. Haney, James R. Heffelfinger, Scott E. Henke, Fidel Hernandez, Davie G. Hewitt, C. L. Hoving, David A. Jessup, Heather E. Johnson, Winifred B. Kessler, John L. Koprowski, Paul R. Krausman, William P. Kuvlesky, Jr., Roel R. Lopez, R. W. Mannan, Melissa J. Merrick, L. Scott Mills, Michael S. Mitchell, Michael L. Morrison, Anna M. Munoz, John F. Organ, Katherine L. Parker, William F. Porter, Shawn J. Riley, Steven S. Rosenstock, Michael C. Runge, Susan P. Rupp, William F. Siemer, Robert J. Steidl, Kelley M. Stewart.
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Intimate and warm, THE ELK FOREST explores the need to feel a sense of belonging in a fragile, shrinking community. The elk hunt has always had a sacred aura to the people living in Engerdal, a small village in Norway. The hunt for the biggest animal in the forest brings the hunters closer to each other, and creates the yearly main event in the village

• Vorwort
• Auftakt : Machtmensch Göring
• Neue Zeit und alter Geist : Jagd in der Weimarer Republik
• Der neue Jagdherr : Jagd im Nationalsozialismus
• Görings Revier : Jagd, Kunst und Diplomatie
• Umsiedlungen und Zuchterfolge : der Wildbestand in der Schorfheide
• Zusammenbruch und Ende aller Visionen
• Anhang
• Tabellen
• Anmerkungen
• Namensregister
• Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis
• Abbildungsnachweis
• Dank

• List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction
• Chapter 1. Troubled Journeys
• Chapter 2. All in the Blood
• Chapter 3. The Rising Tide of Conservation
• Chapter 4. Making Place for Hunting
• Chapter 5. Watching over Migrants
• Chapter 6. How Many Fowl is Fair? Conclusion Glossary of Species Mentioned in the Book References Index.
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Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters, birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes of conservation.
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• Prologue : water spirits
• Introduction : epic journeys
• A waterbird's view
• Fueling the journey
• Wings on the wind
• Finding the way
• Migrants in a dangerous world
• Migration marathoners
• The voices of migration
• The diving life
• Ocean voyagers
• Troubled waters

The migratory waterbirds of the Pacific Flyway convert food, air, and water into a mileage plan that has few equals in the animal world. Set against a backdrop of stunning images from more than 120 internationally acclaimed photographers, this book shares the amazing stories of these migrants - a cast of characters that includes shorebirds, seabirds and waterfowl. Stretching from the Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, Alaska and western Canada and along the Pacific coastlines of North, Central and South America, the Pacific Flyway traverses some of our planet's greatest climatic and topographic extremes. Defined by water, the flyway encompasses a sweeping expanse of coastal and offshore marine ecosystems and an inland archipelago of freshwater wetlands. Hemispheric in scope, this integrated network of ecosystems is linked by its moving parts - the millions of migratory birds whose lives depend on this 10,000-mile (16,000-km) corridor as they travel between their breeding and overwintering grounds. With their ocean- and continent-spanning travels, waterbirds are our sentinels in a changing world, each of their journeys revealing the fraying edges of the web of life that sustains us all. 'Pacific Flyway' perfectly blends amazing photography, science writing and storytelling to illuminate the profound challenges faced by migratory birds and to inspire a long-term commitment to global conservation efforts.
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