Birds of passage : hunting and conservation in Malta
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Falzon Mark-Anthony ;
- ISBN : 978-1-78920-766-8, 1-78920-766-5
- Sujets : Oiseaux migrateurs -- Chasse -- Malte, Oiseaux, Chasse, Ethnologie, Écologie
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (ix, 244 p.), : Ill., carte, couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis, Royaume-Uni
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology, 25,
Notes
La ressource est également disponible en version électronique ; Bibliogr. p. [227]-233. Index.
Résumé
'Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers. In Malta, thousands of hunters share a shrinking countryside. They also rub shoulders with a strong bird-protection and conservation lobby. Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this book traces the complex interactions between hunters, birds and the landscapes they inhabit, as well as the dynamics and politics of bird conservation. Birds of Passage looks at the practice and meaning of hunting in a specific context, and raises broader questions about human-wildlife interactions and the uncertain outcomes of conservation'