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Public attitudes to wildlife and conservation in the Third World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

A. H. Harcourt ,
H. Pennington  and
A. W. Weber
A. H. Harcourt
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3DX, UK.
H. Pennington
Affiliation:
96 Blake Street, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
A. W. Weber
Affiliation:
USAID, BP 28, Kigali, Rwanda.
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Abstract

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Conservationists in the West often assume that the people of the developing world are less concerned about wildlife than are people in the developed world. Recent surveys, in Tanzania, Brazil, Rwanda and the USA, have exploded this myth. The authors discuss the findings from these surveys and their implications for conservation. This paper was presented, in London in December 1985, at a symposium—Current Issues in Primate Conservation—organized jointly by the FFPS and the Primate Society of Great Britain.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 152 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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