Author: Rupert O. MatthewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781856130981
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Photographs of some of Canada's most spectacular wildlife.
Canadian Wildlife
Author: Rupert O. MatthewsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781856130981
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Photographs of some of Canada's most spectacular wildlife.
The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife
Author: Max ForanPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773554289
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Hardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action. An eloquent denunciation of the failures of Canada's government and society to protect wildlife from human exploitation, Max Foran's The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife argues that a root cause of wildlife depletions and habitat loss is the culturally ingrained beliefs that underpin management practices and policies. Tracing the evolution of the highly contestable assumptions that define the human–wildlife relationship, Foran stresses the price wild animals pay for human self-interest. Using several examples of government oversight at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels, from the Species at Risk Act to the Biodiversity Strategy, Protected Areas Network, and provincial management plans, this volume shows that wildlife policies are as much – or more – about human needs, priorities, and profit as they are about preservation. Challenging established concepts including ecological integrity, adaptive management, sport hunting as conservation, and the flawed belief that wildlife is a renewable resource, the author compels us to recognize animals as sentient individuals and as integral components of complex ecological systems. A passionate critique of contemporary wildlife policy, The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife calls for belief-change as the best hope for an ecologically healthy, wildlife-rich Canada.
The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy
Author: Kurkpatrick DorseyPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295989793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In the first decades of the twentieth century, fish in the Great Lakes and Puget Sound, seals in the North Pacific, and birds across North America faced a common threat: over harvesting that threatened extinction for many species. Progressive era conservationists saw a need for government intervention to protect threatened animals. And because so many species migrated across international political boundaries, their protectors saw the necessity of international conservation agreements. In The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy, Kurkpatrick Dorsey examines the first three comprehensive wildlife conservation treaties in history, all between the United States and Canada: the Inland Fisheries Treaty of 1908, the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, and the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1916. In his highly readable text, Dorsey argues that successful conservation treaties came only after conservationists learned to marshal scientific evidence, public sentiment, and economic incentives in their campaigns for protective legislation. The first treaty, intended to rescue the overfished boundary waters, failed to gain the necessary support and never became law. Despite scientific evidence of the need for conservation, politicians, and the general public were unable to counter the vocal opposition of fishermen across the continent. A few years later, conservationists successfully rallied popular sympathy for fur seals threatened with slaughter and the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention was adopted. By the time of the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1916, the importance of aesthetic appeal was clear: North American citizens were joining chapters of the Audubon Society in efforts to protect beautiful songbirds. Conservationists also presented economic evidence to support their efforts as they argued that threatened bird species provided invaluable service to farmers. Dorsey recounts the story of each of these early treaties, examining the scientific research that provided the basis for each effort, acknowledging the complexity of the issues, and presenting the personalities behind the politics. He argues that these decades-old treaties both directly affect us today and offer lessons for future conservation efforts.
Canadian Animals ABC
Author: Geraldo ValérioPublisher: Owlkids
ISBN: 9781771473460
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This bestselling introduction to the alphabet and Canadian wildlife from A to Z is now available in board book format. Each letter of the alphabet is paired with a Canadian creature rendered playfully in Geraldo Val�rio's signature paper collage style: beavers, loons, polar bears and more!
A Passion for Wildlife
Author: J. Alexander BurnettPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774842520
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A Passion for Wildlife chronicles the history of the Canadian Wildlife Service and the evolution of Canadian wildlife policy over its first half century. It presents the exploits and accomplishments of a group of men and women whose dedication to the ideals of science, conservation, and a shared vision of Canada as a country that treasures its natural heritage has earned them the respect of their profession around the world.
Wildlife, Conservation, and Human Welfare
Author: Richard D. TaberPublisher: Malabar, Fla. : Krieger Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This work provides historical information on wildlife and its conservation relative to human welfare, the dependence human society had on wildlife historically, and the dependence society still has on wildlife and wildlife habitats as the natural resource base for a healthy ecosystem. In writing this book, the authors have attempted to provide society with the perspective it needs to evaluate historical experiences, both successes and failures.
Canadian Wildlife Activity Book
Author: Tom HunterPublisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781894384179
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Tom Hunter's outstanding artwork and clever brainteasers provide entertainment and instruction for children, parents and teachers. Canada is home to hundreds of species of amphibians, reptiles and insects, as well as over 1,200 different kinds of larger animals: birds, fish and mammals. Hunter provides an introduction to many of these species. Canadian Wildlife Activity Book: Volume One contains over 200 detailed illustrations, including the largest creature that has appeared on Earth: BC's blue whale, a mammal that weighs up to 120 tonnes. Canada is also home to North America's smallest mammal—the pygmy shrew, which weighs about the same as a soda cracker. The Canadian Library Association calls this "a splendid activity book . . .drawings are accurate and the animals look as if they could step off the page . . .invaluable on a family camping holiday."
Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada
Author: Brian B. WilksPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802088116
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Wilks provides a historical background, list of publications, and description of activities for most of the major science initiatives undertaken at the federal level. He surveys a wide range of government documents and monographic and serial science collections used by both faculty and students.
Working for Wildlife
Author: Janet FosterPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802079695
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Foster shows how a small band of dedicated civil servants transformed their own goals of preserving endangered animals into active government policy. The definitive history of the beginnings of wildlife conservation in Canada.
Occasional Paper - Canadian Wildlife Service
Author: Canadian Wildlife ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description