Creative Conservation : Interactive management of wild and captive animals

P. J. Olney

ISBN 10: 0412495708 / ISBN 13: 9780412495700

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands, 1993

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Past progress and future challenges R.J. Wheater Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. In the past two decades much has been achieved in the sphere of breeding endangered species, and we should be pleased that our co operative efforts have already borne so much fruit. However, on balance and despite the best efforts of conservationists, the position of wildlife in the wild places where they are best conserved has become worse, often dramatically worse. Before returning to the United Kingdom in 1972, I was in Uganda for 16 years, most of which time was spent as Chief Warden of Murchison Falls National Park. Our main problem was that an over-population of large mammals was having a devastating impact on the habitat. Devas tation was being wrought on woodland areas by the arrival of large numbers of elephants into the sanctuary of the Park, following changes in land use in the areas outside the Park. These changes were in response to the requirements of an ever-expanding human population.

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• Titre: Creative Conservation : Interactive management of wild and captive animals
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0412495708
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780412495700
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 35 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 35 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 992 grammes

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Past progress and future challenges R.J. Wheater Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. In the past two decades much has been achieved in the sphere of breeding endangered species, and we should be pleased that our co- operative efforts have already borne so much fruit. However, on balance and despite the best efforts of conservationists, the position of wildlife in the wild places where they are best conserved has become worse, often dramatically worse. Before returning to the United Kingdom in 1972, I was in Uganda for 16 years, most of which time was spent as Chief Warden of Murchison Falls National Park. Our main problem was that an over-population of large mammals was having a devastating impact on the habitat. Devas- tation was being wrought on woodland areas by the arrival of large numbers of elephants into the sanctuary of the Park, following changes in land use in the areas outside the Park. These changes were in response to the requirements of an ever-expanding human population.