{"product_id":"9789401057738","title":"Wildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePrins, H.H.T; Grootenhuis, Jan Geu; Dolan, Thomas T.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of the major challenges of sustainable development is the  interdisciplinary nature of the issues involved. To this end, a team  of conservation biologists, hunters, tourist operators, ranchers,  wildlife and land managers, ecologists, veterinarians and economists  was convened to discuss whether wildlife outside protected areas in  Africa can be conserved in the face of agricultural expansion and  human population growth. They reached the unequivocal - if  controversial - conclusion that wildlife can be an economic  asset, especially in the African savannas, if this wildlife can be  sustainably utilized through safari hunting and tourism. \u003cbr\u003e  Using the African savannas as an example, \u003cem\u003eWildlife Conservation\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cem\u003eby Sustainable Use\u003c\/em\u003e shows that in many instances sustainable  wildlife utilization comprises an even better form of land use than  livestock keeping. Even when population pressure is high, as in  agricultural areas or in humid zones, and wild animal species can pose  a serious cost to agriculture, these costs are mainly caused by small  species with a low potential for safari hunting. \u003cbr\u003e  Although ranching has a very low rate of return and is hardly ever  profitable, the biggest obstacle to the model of sustainable wildlife  use outlined in \u003cem\u003eWildlife Conservation by Sustainable Use\u003c\/em\u003e is from  unfair competition from the agricultural sector, such as subsidies and  lack of taxation, resulting in market distortion for wildlife  utilization. This book thus gives valuable evidence for a different  way of working, providing arguments for removing such distortions and  thereby facilitating financially sound land use and making it a  rationally sound choice to conserve wildlife outside protected areas.  \u003cbr\u003e  The expert team of authors, most of whom came together at a workshop  to thrash out the ideas that were then developed into the various  chapters, has written a superb account of recent research on this  complex subject, resulting in a book that is a major contribution to  our understanding of sustainable use of land. The important conclusion  is that wildlife conservation can be possible for landholders and  local communities if they have a financial interest in protecting  wildlife on their lands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-10-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9789401057738\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401057738\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-4012-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 496\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44359096303756,"sku":"9789401057738","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401057738.jpg?v=1755101157","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401057738","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}