Table of Contents

Contributors; Preface; Approximate currency conversions; Part I. Introduction Robert J. Hudson: 1. History and technology Robert J. Hudson; 2. International trade Richard A. Luxmoore; Part II. Subsistence Hunting David R. Klein: 3. Non-agricultural management of plants and animals: alternative burning strategies in Northern Australia Henry T. Lewis; 4. Small-scale hunting economies in the tropics Stuart A. Marks; 5. Northern subsistence hunting economies David R. Klein; Part III. Recreational and Commercial Hunting Robert J. Hudson and David H. M. Cumming: 6. Sport hunting in continental Europe A. B. Bubenik; 7. Sport hunting in North America C. Harvey Payne; 8. Commercial and safari hunting in Zimbabwe David H. M. Cumming; 9. Commercial hunting in the Soviet Union V. E. Sokolov and N. L. Lebedeva; Part IV. Herding: 10. Reindeer husbandry in the Soviet Union L. M. Baskin; 11. Reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia Sven Skjenneberg; 12. Reindeer husbandry in North America George W. Scotter; Part V. Extensive Containment Systems: Game Ranching Neil Fairall: 13. Game production in western Canada Lyle A. Renecker, Charles B. Blyth and Cormack C. Gates; 14. Ranching native and exotic ungulates in the United States Terence P. Yorks; 15. Game ranching in southern Africa John D. Skinner; Part VI. Intensive Containment Systems: Game Farming K. R. Drew: 16. Deer farming in Oceania P. F. Fennessy and P. G. Taylor; 17. Deer farming in Europe T. John Fletcher; 18. Deer farming in Asia K. R. Drew, Q. Bai and E. V. Fadeev; 19. Bison farming in North America Alex W. L. Hawley; Part VII. Experimental Systems J. Brad Stelfox: 20. Moose husbandry E. E. Syroechkovsky, E. V. Rogacheva and Lyle A. Renecker; 21. Qiviut production from muskoxen Robert G. White, B. Ann Tiplady and Pam Groves; 22. Musk production from musk deer Michael J. B. Green; Part VIII. Environmental and Socioeconomic Implications Richard A. Luxmoore: 23. Impact on conservation Richard A. Luxmoore; 24. Socioeconomic prospects and design constraints Robert J. Hudson and V. V. Dezhkin; 25. Appropriate technology for rural development Archie S. Mossman; Index.

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This book, first published in 1989, examines the controversial position of commercial utilisation in relation to wildlife conservation.