The Game of Conservation: International Treaties to Protect the World's Migratory Animals

by Mark Cioc

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082141867X
• ISBN13: 9780821418673
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"