Recent directions in black-footed ferret recovery
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The recovery efforts of the endangered black-footed ferrets, Mustela nigripes are improving, but are facing a number of biological and non-biological problems. The decline of prairie dogs due to disease or loss of land to agriculture has resulted in decline in ferret population. Ferrets depend on prairie dogs for food and shelter. Numerous research has been carried out on captive breeding and reintroduction of ferrets and the efforts have shown positive results. However, the problem of inbreeding and other organizational challenges need to be resolved to improve the ferret conservation efforts.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1996
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Prototyping for successful conservation: the eastern barred bandicoot program
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The Australian eastern barred bandicoot management program show the successful application of prototyping in endangered species conservation and recovery programs. It was organized in early 1992 after evaluating factors such as the number of participants, commitment of participants to the project and other considerations that may affect the success of the prototyping effort. It boosted the number of bandicoots to 700 by the end of 1993, although the population of the species remains far from recovered.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1995
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Improving the evaluation of conservation programs
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Evaluation is critical to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of conservation programs. The examples of different types of conservation program evaluations, including moderated workshops and case-study analysis, and advice on logistics and organization of the review, emphasizing the importance of the evaluation process itself are provided.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2000
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