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• The wealthiest conservation organization in the US protecting 15 million acres in the U.S. and
102 million acres worldwide.
• The Conservation International (CI)
• Sierra club,
• The North American Wildlife Federation
• The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
• Now there are 3,000 conservation organizations. over 1,600 private conservation organizations
• Wildlife conservation is a political issue, with multiple stakeholders.
• Multibillion dollar activities
Conservationism gave birth to protected areas
• Saving resources from use rather than saving them for use.
• Harmony between human influence and the natural world could be achieved only through
society‟s commitment to moral and social responsibility to future generation.
• A cultural response to perceived threat to
nature
• First national park Yellow Stone
established in 1887, second Yosemite in
1890
Protected areas and management approaches
More than 120,000 PAs worldwide covering near
14% of the Earth‟s terrestrial land surface
Conservation paradigms are dynamic
Integration
Mainstreaming
Isolation
Conservation
Sustainable
development
Recreation
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