Working for wildlife : the beginning of preservation in Canada / Janet Foster.
"Twenty years ago, Working for Wildlife was published to wide acclaim. It remains the definitive history of the beginnings of wildlife consciousness in Canada. Janet Foster shows how, in the early decades of this century, a small band of dedicated civil servants transformed their own goals of p...
Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
| Mynediad Ar-lein: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Prif Awdur: | |
| Fformat: | eLyfr |
| Iaith: | English |
| Cyhoeddwyd: | Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1998. |
| Rhifyn: | 2nd ed. |
| Pynciau: |
Tabl Cynhwysion:
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE 1978 EDITION
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Parks, Resources, and the Role of Wildlife
- 3 Preservation: The Beginning of an Idea
- 4 Towards Better Administration
- 5 Taking the Initiative
- 6 Protecting an International Resource
- 7 New Responsibilities
- 8 The Sanctuary Idea Broadened
- 9 Wildlife Conservation Comes of Age
- 10 Epilogue
- Appendix: The Migratory Birds Convention Act
- NOTES
- NOTE ON SOURCES, 1978 EDITION