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Author Foster, Janet, 1940- author.

Title Working for wildlife : the beginning of preservation in Canada / Janet Foster
Edition 2nd ed
Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 297 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Contents 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
Summary "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 preserving endangered animals into active government policy." "Today, the names of these individuals are scarcely known to most Canadians. Yet it was their commitment and dedication that charted the course of today's ecological movement. This new edition of Foster's important book will be welcomed by students of environmental studies, geography, and Canadian history, as well as by members of naturalist clubs and conservation societies. Lorne Hammond's new material places the book in context and provides readers with a sense of what has happened in the field since."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Wildlife conservation -- Canada
Wildlife conservation -- Canada -- History
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Wildlife conservation
Naturschutz
Canada
Kanada
Genre/Form Electronic books
e-books.
History
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442683662
144268366X