Commercial Use Of Wildlife For Conservation

摘要: In December 1990, at its General Assembly meeting in Perth, Western Australia, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) carried a resolution entitled "Conservation of wildlife through wise use as renewable natural resource" (see Appendix). Running to two pages and comprising many clauses caveats, crucial part is that given Article 1 ". . ethical, sustainable some can provide an alternative or supplementary means productive land use, be consistent with encourage conservation, where such accordance adequate safeguards .". 5 refers need for development guidelines use. This was origin workshop's goal. Wildlife defined undomesticated native animals uncultivated plants. The commercial may form harvesting from wild, ranching farming. It consumptive non-consumptive involve wide range plant animal taxa both terrestrial aquatic environments. Use made live well dead products, locally export. Sustainability capacity long-term maintenance harvests do not reduce species' geographic existing patterns genetic variability, radically alter community structure function. should noted no way novelty, fisheries forestry providing striking examples established What new (or newer), notion identifying conservation benefits harvesting, possible introduction hitherto unexploited species gain.