Goose management in Scotland: An overview
| Autor: | Ian Bainbridge |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Policy development Conservation of Natural Resources Compromise media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Population Population Dynamics Goose populations Wildlife policy 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Article 010605 ornithology Public interest Goose biology.animal Political science Development economics Geese Environmental Chemistry Animals education Policy Making Adaptive management media_common education.field_of_study Ecology biology business.industry General Medicine Environmental Policy Scotland Agriculture Approaches of management business |
| Zdroj: | Ambio |
| ISSN: | 1654-7209 |
| Popis: | This paper reviews the changing status of goose populations in Scotland since the 1940s, and the changing policies and management activities employed over that time. The size of all goose populations has risen since the 1940s due to protection measures, changes in agriculture and levels of shooting, in the UK and elsewhere. The development of goose policies in response to public interest and pressures is described. Some changes in goose populations since 2000 can be linked to this policy development. Policy is now split between protective measures for some species and adaptive management approaches encompassing control measures for others. The paper identifies the importance of the social and economic concerns of some parties in the development of goose management approaches, rather than scientific advice based on goose population numbers and trends, and recognises that future goose policy will necessarily be a difficult compromise between wide ranging, and even opposing positions and views. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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