The Relations Among Threatened Species, Their Protection, and Taboos

We analyzed the role of taboos for the protection of species listed as "threatened" by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and also for species known to be endemic and keystone. The study was limited to taboos that totally avoid or prohibit any use of particular species and their populati...

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Main Authors: Johan Colding, Carl Folke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 1997-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol1/iss1/art6/