Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Seven tenets of the American conservation model

In this post I will tell about the seven tenets of the conservation policy. These tenets lay down the framework for the entire model. The first tenet is the public trust doctrine which states that wildlife belongs to all the public. The next is that wildlife cannot be sold in a market. Furs and antlers may be sold but not the animal. All hunting laws must also be made by the public for the public. After that the model states that all citizens can hunt. And that funding for conservation purposes is obtained through the purchases of liscenses and permits. It also calls for non frivolous use of wildlife. Which means that if you kill something it should be used in some way. The last two say that wildlife must be maintained internationally and that it be maintained with current scientific data. In my next post I will address issues with the American conservation model.

Source:http://joomla.wildlife.org/index.php?id=171&option=com_content&task=view