Conservation and Sustainable Use A Handbook of Techniques (Techniques in Ecology and Conservation)

"Conservation and Sustainable Use provides an integrated approach to carrying out research on the conservation of exploited species. It is relevant to both tropical and temperate biomes and is applicable to all exploited species, including mammals, fish, and plants. It describes both the practical and theoretical techniques for obtaining and interpreting information, integrating biological, social, economic and institutional analyses. It demonstrates how to translate information into effective action through appropriate interventions, from legislation to changing attitudes." "This book will be essential reading for students and researchers in conservation biology, human ecology, sociology, and resource economics. It will provide an important reference for anyone carrying out a scientifically-based conservation programme for an exploited species, including field biologists, wildlife managers and practitioners in the fields of conservation, and international development."--Jacket.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Nonfiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.