book: Working for Wildlife

Published by University of Toronto Press 1998

Working for Wildlife

The Beginning of Preservation in Canada

Janet Foster
Preface by: Lorne Hammond

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442683662

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About this book

Foster shows how a small band of dedicated civil servants transformed their own goals of preserving endangered animals into active government policy. The definitive history of the beginnings of wildlife conservation in Canada.

Author / Editor information

Foster Janet :

Janet Foster, writer, photographer, and naturalist, produces and films nature and wildlife programs with her husband, John, for TVOntario, NHK Japan, and the Discovery Channel. Their one-hour special, 'Clayoquot, the Sound of Wonder,' won the 1995 Gemini Award for Best Photography and the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Nature and Science Program.Hammond Lorne :

Lorne Hammond is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Victoria.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Foreword to the Second Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Preface to the Second Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Preface to the 1978 Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Parks, Resources, and the Role of Wildlife Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
3. Preservation: The Beginning of an Idea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
4. Towards Better Administration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5. Taking the Initiative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6. Protecting an International Resource Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
7. New Responsibilities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
8. The Sanctuary Idea Broadened Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
9. Wildlife Conservation Comes of Age Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
10. Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Appendix: The Migratory Birds Convention Act Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Note on Sources, 1978 Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Bibliography, 1978 Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Afterword to the Second Edition, with an Update on Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

University of Toronto Press

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1998
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 300

eBook

Published: February 9, 1998
ISBN: 9781442683662

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