Wildlife Production Systems: Economic Utilisation Of Wild Ungulates

This book, first published in 1989, examines the controversial position of commercial utilisation in relation to wildlife conservation. Production of large mammals has earned respectability as an agricultural strategy and its evaluation has been listed as a priority requirement in the World Conservation Strategy. However, many authorities question whether wildlife production is a viable economic and environmental strategy, and suggest that it runs counter to its claimed purpose. This book evaluates this controversy by chronicling the changing role of wildlife and by reflecting on the implications of these trends. The book should be of interest to people both applauding and deploring the use of wildlife in this economic role.

Contributors
Preface
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Part I. Introduction Robert J. Hudson
1. History and technology Robert J. Hudson
2. International trade Richard A. Luxmoore
Part II. Subsistence Hunting David R. Klein
3. Non-agricultural management of plants and animals
alternative burning strategies in Northern Australia Henry T. Lewis
4. Small-scale hunting economies in the tropics Stuart A. Marks
5. Northern subsistence hunting economies David R. Klein
Part III. Recreational and Commercial Hunting Robert J. Hudson and David H. M. Cumming
6. Sport hunting in continental Europe A. B. Bubenik
7. Sport hunting in North America C. Harvey Payne
8. Commercial and safari hunting in Zimbabwe David H. M. Cumming
9. Commercial hunting in the Soviet Union V. E. Sokolov and N. L. Lebedeva
Part IV. Herding
10. Reindeer husbandry in the Soviet Union L. M. Baskin
11. Reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia Sven Skjenneberg
12. Reindeer husbandry in North America George W. Scotter
Part V. Extensive Containment Systems
Game Ranching Neil Fairall
13. Game production in western Canada Lyle A. Renecker, Charles B. Blyth and Cormack C. Gates
14. Ranching native and exotic ungulates in the United States Terence P. Yorks
15. Game ranching in southern Africa John D. Skinner
Part VI. Intensive Containment Systems
Game Farming K. R. Drew
16. Deer farming in Oceania P. F. Fennessy and P. G. Taylor
17. Deer farming in Europe T. John Fletcher
18. Deer farming in Asia K. R. Drew, Q. Bai and E. V. Fadeev
19. Bison farming in North America Alex W. L. Hawley
Part VII. Experimental Systems J. Brad Stelfox
20. Moose husbandry E. E. Syroechkovsky, E. V. Rogacheva and Lyle A. Renecker
21. Qiviut production from muskoxen Robert G. White, B. Ann Tiplady and Pam Groves
22. Musk production from musk deer Michael J. B. Green
Part VIII. Environmental and Socioeconomic Implications Richard A. Luxmoore
23. Impact on conservation Richard A. Luxmoore
24. Socioeconomic prospects and design constraints Robert J. Hudson and V. V. Dezhkin
25. Appropriate technology for rural development Archie S. Mossman
Index.