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Birds of Passage : Hunting and Conservation in Malta / Mark-Anthony Falzon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; 25Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781789207668
  • 9781789207675
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Troubled Journeys -- Chapter 2 All in the Blood -- Chapter 3 The Rising Tide of Conservation -- Chapter 4 Making Place for Hunting -- Chapter 5 Watching over Migrants -- Chapter 6 How Many Fowl Is Fair? -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Species Mentioned in the Book -- References -- Index
Summary: Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters, birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes of conservation.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781789207675

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Troubled Journeys -- Chapter 2 All in the Blood -- Chapter 3 The Rising Tide of Conservation -- Chapter 4 Making Place for Hunting -- Chapter 5 Watching over Migrants -- Chapter 6 How Many Fowl Is Fair? -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Species Mentioned in the Book -- References -- Index

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Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters, birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes of conservation.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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