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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Shane P. Mahoney , Valerius GeistPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9781421432809ISBN 10: 1421432803 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 05 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About the Contributors 1 The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: Setting the Stage for Evaluation Shane P. Mahoney, Valerius Geist, and Paul R. Krausman 2 North American Ecological History as the Foundation of the Model Valerius Geist and Shane P. Mahoney 3 The Social Context for the Emergence of the North American Model John Sandlos 4 The Great Early Champions James Peek 5 Critical Legislative and Institutional Underpinnings of the North American Model James L. Cummins 6 The Landscape Conservation Movement William Porter and Kathryn Frens 7 Hunting and Vested Interests as the Spine of the North American Model James R. Heffelfinger and Shane P. Mahoney 8 Science and the North American Model: Edifice of Knowledge, Exemplar for Conservation James A. Schaefer 9 North American Waterfowl Management: An Example of a Highly Effective International Treaty Arrangement for Wildlife Conservation Shane P. Mahoney 10 Private-Public Collaboration and Institutional Successes in North American Conservation John F. Organ 11 Social, Economic, and Ecological Challenges to the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation Leonard A. Brennan, David G. Hewitt, and Shane P. Mahoney 12 A Comparison of the North American Model to Other Conservation Approaches Rosie Cooney 13 The Model in Transition: From Proactive Leadership to Reactive Conservation Shane P. Mahoney IndexReviewsThis new book offers a wealth of valuable [and] accessible information about how North American wildlife has been and is presently managed. Indeed, all those who hold an interest in North American lands and the wide range of wildlife species living thereupon would be very much benefited from discovering for themselves just how those who hold responsibility for these species think about them, what their goals for them are, and how they go about their respective work. —Johannes E. Riutta, The Well-Read Naturalist This new book offers a wealth of valuable [and] accessible information about how North American wildlife has been and is presently managed. Indeed, all those who hold an interest in North American lands and the wide range of wildlife species living thereupon would be very much benefited from discovering for themselves just how those who hold responsibility for these species think about them, what their goals for them are, and how they go about their respective work. -- Johannes E. Riutta * The Well-Read Naturalist * Author InformationShane P. Mahoney, the former executive director of science for wildlife and protected areas with the government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is the current president of Conservation Visions Inc. and vice-chair of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group. An internationally recognized conservationist and wildlife advocate, he is considered a foremost expert on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. Biologist Valerius Geist is emeritus professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. The author of numerous books, including Deer of the World: Their Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology and Buffalo Nation: History and Legend of the North American Bison, he first articulated the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation in 1995. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |