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Wildlife reserves in the USSR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Kathleen Braden
Kathleen Braden
Affiliation:
Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119, USA.
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The reserve system in the USSR is complex; more than 11.4 million ha of land are involved in several categories, which afford wildlife different degrees of protection. At least 40 major new reserves are planned for the near future, but Soviet conservationists have to face demands for agricultural land, poaching, increasing pressure from tourism and organizational problems. In 1984 the author visited the USSR to study the scientific uses of the country's reserves. It was Dr Braden's third research trip to the USSR; as Vice-President of the International Snow Leopard Trust she has been involved in discussions there about the captive-breeding and exchange of snow leopards between the USA and the USSR.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 165 - 169
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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