Wildlife management in Australasia : perceptions of objectives and priorities Miller, Kelly and Jones, Darryl 2004, Wildlife management in Australasia : perceptions of objectives and priorities, in Australasian Wildlife Management Society 17th scientific meeting and AGM, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 29 November-2 December 2004, pp. 40-40. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Wildlife management in Australasia : perceptions of objectives and priorities Author(s) Miller, Kelly orcid.org/0000-0003-4360-6232 Jones, Darryl Conference name Australasian Wildlife Management Society. Meeting (17th : 2004 : Kangaroo Island, S. Aust.) Conference location Kangaroo Island, S. Aust. Conference dates 29 Nov. - 2 Dec. 2004 Title of proceedings Australasian Wildlife Management Society 17th scientific meeting and AGM, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 29 November-2 December 2004 Publication date 2004 Start page 40 End page 40 Summary The aim of this study was to examine the values and attitudes held by Australasian wildlife managers as they relate to wildlife management issues, and to gain some insight into possible future directions and priorities for Australasian wildlife management. During December 2002 – February 2003, 138 questionnaires were completed by members of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS) and registrants of the 2002 AWMS annual conference. Threatened species management, threatened communities/habitats, and management of introduced species were the issues rated as needing the highest priority for the Australasian Wildlife Management Society. Issues such as animal rights, genetically modified organisms and timber harvesting on public lands were the lowest-rating issues. Respondents expressed a strong belief in managing and controlling wildlife to achieve wildlife management objectives, a strong belief that wildlife should be protected and that wildlife managers should minimise the pain and suffering of individual animals, and a belief that resources should be directed towards conserving wildlife populations rather than protecting individual animals from non-threatened populations. While respondents held a strong belief that it is important to consult the community when developing wildlife management policies and programs, there was little support for a comanagerial approach where the community has a significant role to play in decision-making processes. Language eng Field of Research 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management Socio Economic Objective 969999 Environment not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category E3 Extract of paper Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30014260 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Ecology and Environment Higher Education Research Group Centre for Integrative Ecology   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 14:20:35 EST Mon, 08 Nov 2010, 08:06:18 EST Mon, 08 Nov 2010, 08:08:30 EST Mon, 08 Nov 2010, 08:10:01 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:44:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 347 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 14:20:35 EST