The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy - U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era

In the first decades of the 20th century, conservationists saw a need for government intervention to protect threatened animals. Because many species migrated across international boundaries, international conservation agreements evolved. Kurkpatrick Dorsey describes each of these early treaties, showing how they offer lessons for future conservation efforts. Photos.

Summary

Dorsey (history, U. of New Hampshire) examines the first three comprehensive wildlife conservation treaties in history, all between the US and Canada: the Inland Fisheries Treaty of 1908, the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, and the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1916. He argues that the pacts

Product details

• Authors: Kurkpatrick Dorsey, Kurkpatrick
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780295976761
• ISBN: 978-0-295-97676-1
• No. of pages: 351
• Weight: 703 g
• Illustrations: 24 b&w photos
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law