An Overview of Recreational Hunting in North America, Europe and Australia

Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Rural Livelihoods: Science and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 25-38

  Sharp, Robin ^a   Wollscheid, Kai Uwe ^b  

^a IUCN European Sustainable Use Specialist Group   (United Kingdom)

^b International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Breakdown of game hunted in the US; Diversity of hunting; Environment Canada and Canadian Wildlife Service; European hunting traditions; Expenditure by deer hunters in Australia; FACE (Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU); Hunting in United States; International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC); Recreational hunting in North America, Europe and Australia; Recreational hunting significant social and economic phenomenon in countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053652762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444303179.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

References (16)

1. Anon. (2002) Big Game Statistics for the 2002/03 Season. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Fish and Wildlife Recreation and Allocation Branch, British Columbia http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wild/documents/hunter_stats_2002.pdf
2. Barnett, R. & Patterson, C. (2005) Sport Hunting in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region: an Overview. TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa, Johannesburg.
3. Bauer, J. & Giles, J. (2002) Recreational Hunting: an International Perspective. CRC for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland.
4. Damm, G. (2005) Hunting in South Africa: facts, risks and opportunities. African Indaba, 3, 4-5.
5. Du Wors, E.M., Villeneuve, F.L., Filion, R. et al. (1999) The Importance of Nature to Canadians: Survey Highlights. Environment Canada, Ottawa.
6. Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) (2007) Hunting in Europe. http://www.face-europe.org/fs-hunting.htm
7. Herring, H. (2006) Hunter, angler, conservationist. The Nature Conservancy Magazine, Autumn 2006. http://www.nature.org/magazine/autumn2006/features/art18601.html
8. Jackson, J. (1996) An international perspective on trophy hunting. In Tourist Hunting in Tanzania, eds. N. Leader-Williams, J.A. Kayera & G.L. Overton, pp. 7-11.
9. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 14. IUCN, Gland & Cambridge.
10. Kujawski, O.E.J. (2005) Jagdtrophäen-Gewinnung, Behandlung, Bewertung. BLV Jagdpraxis. BLV Buchverlag, München.
11. Lechner, E. (ed.) (1995) Jagdreisen weltweit. Fink-Kümmerly + Frey, München.
12. Leigh, L., Du Wors, E.M., Villeneuve, R. et al. (2000) The Importance of Nature to Canadians: The Economic Significance of Nature-Related Activities. Environment Canada, Ottawa.
13. PACEC (Public and Corporate Economic Consultants) (2006) The Economic and Environmental Impact of Sport Shooting in the UK. A report prepared on behalf of the British Association for Shooting & Conservation, the Countryside Alliance and the Country Landowners' Association in association with the Game Conservancy Trust. PACEC, Cambridge.
14. Pinet, J.-M. (1995) The Hunter in Europe. http://www.face-europe.org/huntingineurope/Pinet%20Study/Pinet_study_EN.pdf
15. US Fish & Wildlife Service et al. (2002) 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. US Department of the Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service and US Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau, Washington, DC.
16. US Fish & Wildlife Service et al. (2007) 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation: preliminary results. http://federalaid.fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html