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Wildlife conservation as wealth

Wildlife conservation is incompatible with global markets or private ownership. What is needed is a 'tribal' system of management such as that in North America that creates both wealth and jobs while sustaining resources.

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Geist, V. Wildlife conservation as wealth. Nature 368, 491–492 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/368491a0

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