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Continental-Scale Ecological Restoration: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

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  • Leonard A Brennan

    (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University, USA)

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Ecological restoration is considered by many to be a relatively new subdiscipline in ecology. However, in the United States and Canada, large-scale efforts to restore populations of numerous species of wild vertebrates have been ongoing since the early 20th century. These wildlife restoration efforts have become collectively known as the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, a term coined by Valerius Geist in 1995, hereafter called the Model. The roots of the Model first developed from early efforts by people such as Theodore Roosevelt as a conservation doctrine in a political response to the public outcry against the overharvest and waste of large mammals, waterfowl and wading birds that brought many species to the brink of extinction. There are seven principles on which the Model is based:

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  • Leonard A Brennan, 2020. "Continental-Scale Ecological Restoration: The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation," JOJ Wildlife & Biodiversity, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 2(1), pages 45-49, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jjojwb:v:2:y:2020:i:1:p:45-49
    DOI: 10.19080/JOJWB.2020.02.555584
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