Birds of Passage : : Hunting and Conservation in Malta / / Mark-Anthony Falzon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Falzon, Mark-Anthony,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 Troubled Journeys --; Chapter 2 All in the Blood --; Chapter 3 The Rising Tide of Conservation --; Chapter 4 Making Place for Hunting --; Chapter 5 Watching over Migrants --; Chapter 6 How Many Fowl Is Fair? --; Conclusion --; Glossary of Species Mentioned in the Book --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789207675; 9783110997699
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789207675?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark-Anthony Falzon.

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.