02960nam 2200721 a 450 991052700080332120240405000349.097808214436060821443607(CKB)2550000000036396(EBL)1743684(OCoLC)884016868(SSID)ssj0000536999(PQKBManifestationID)11369517(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536999(PQKBWorkID)10552495(PQKB)10707569(MiAaPQ)EBC1743684(OCoLC)742512864(MdBmJHUP)muse9485(Au-PeEL)EBL1743684(CaPaEBR)ebr10472399(ScCtBLL)c293ba59-c84a-44f4-ae42-85386f460ae3(Perlego)662366(oapen)doab72413(EXLCZ)99255000000003639620091008d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe game of conservation international treaties to protect the world's migratory animals /Mark Cioc1st ed.Athens Ohio University Pressc20091 online resource (281 p.)Ohio University Press series in ecology and historyDescription based upon print version of record.9780821418666 0821418661 9780821418673 082141867X Includes bibliographical references and index.Africa's apartheid parks -- The North American bird war -- The Antarctic whale massacre. 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 cOhio University Press series in ecology and history.Migratory animalsConservationInternational cooperationWildlife conservation (International law)Animal welfareLaw and legislationTreatiesMigratory animalsConservationInternational cooperation.Wildlife conservation (International law)Animal welfareLaw and legislation.Treaties.591.56/8Cioc Mark1114132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910527000803321The game of conservation2640589UNINA