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The sustainable-use debate: observations from IUCN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Catherine M. Allen and
Stephen R. Edwards
Catherine M. Allen
Affiliation:
Sustainable Use of Wildlife Programme, c/o IUCN-US, 1400 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Stephen R. Edwards
Affiliation:
Sustainable Use of Wildlife Programme, c/o IUCN-US, 1400 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
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Few issues in the conservation community rival the intensity of the debate over sustainable use of wild species. At one extreme, people advocate that sustainable use ensures conservation of the resource. Others view it as a guise to exploit wild species. Somewhere between these positions, scientists point out that it impossible to guarantee sustainability given the complexity of human and biological factors that must be balanced. All these points of view are represented among the membership of the IUCN.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 1995, pp. 92 - 98
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1995

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