11. Captive Breeding Programs as an Alternative for Wildlife Conservation in Brazil

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Contributors xi
4. 1. Introduction—Wildlife Conservation and Management in South and Central America: Multiple Pressures and Innovative Solutions 1
5. Part I. Local Peoples and Community Management
6. 2. Conceptual Basis for the Selection of Wildlife Management Strategies by the Embera People in Utría National Park, Chocó, Colombia 11
7. 3. Bridging the Gap Between Western Scientific and Traditional Indigenous Wildlife Management: The Xavante of Rio Das Mortes Indigenous Reserve, Mato Grosso, Brazil 37
8. 4. Increasing Local Stakeholder Participation in Wildlife Management Projects with Rural Communities: Lessons from Bolivia 50
9. 5. Community-Based Wildlife Management in the Gran Chaco, Bolivia 59
10. 6. Fisheries in the Amazon Várzea: Historical Trends, Current Status, and Factors Affecting Sustainability 76
11. 7. Fisheries Management in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve 99
12. 8. Hunting Effort as a Tool for Community-Based Wildlife Management in Amazonia 123
13. Part II. Economic Considerations
14. 9. Economic Incentives for Sustainable Community Management of Fishery Resources in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil 139
15. 10. Community Ownership and Live Shearing of Vicuñas in Peru: Evaluating Management Strategies and Their Sustainability 155
16. 11. Captive Breeding Programs as an Alternative for Wildlife Conservation in Brazil 171
17. 12. Economic Analysis of Wildlife Use in the Peruvian Amazon 191
18. Part III. Fragmentation and Other Nonharvest Human Impacts
19. 13. Mammalian Densities and Species Extinctions in Atlantic Forest Fragments: The Need for Population Management 211
20. 14. Abundance, Spatial Distribution, and Human Pressure on Orinoco Crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius) in the Cojedes River System, Venezuela 227
21. 15. Impacts of Damming on Primate Community Structure in the Amazon: A Case Study of the Samuel Dam, Rondônia, Brazil 240
22. 16. Niche Partitioning Among Gray Brocket Deer, Pampas Deer, and Cattle in the Pantanal of Brazil 257
23. 17. Ecology and Conservation of the Jaguar (Panthera onca) in Iguaçu National Park, Brazil 271
24. 18. A Long-Term Study of White-Lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) Population Fluctuations in Northern Amazonia: Anthropogenic vs. “Natural” Causes 286
25. Part IV. Hunting Impacts—Biological Basis and Rationale for Sustainability
26. 19. Evaluating the Sustainability of Hunting in the Neotropics 299
27. 20. Hunting Sustainability of Ungulate Populations in the Lacandon Forest, Mexico 324
28. 21. Human Use and Conservation of Economically Important Birds in Seasonally Flooded Forests of the Northeastern Peruvian Amazon 344
29. 22. Patterns of Use and Hunting of Turtles in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil 362
30. 23. Fisheries, Fishing Effort, and Fish Consumption in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve and Its Area of Influence 378
31. 24. Implications of the Spatial Structure of Game Populations for the Sustainability of Hunting in the Neotropics 390
32. 25. Hunting and Wildlife Management in French Guiana: Current Aspects and Future Prospects 400
33. Bibliography 411
34. Index 447