Valuing wildlife

Gladys Kamasanyu

Chapter 107 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law, 2025, pp 408-410 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Wildlife and humans have coexisted from the time of the creation story in the Bible. The relationship between wildlife and humans has been a long and complicated one ever since. Wildlife is considered a resource for humans and is put to different uses by humans. Humans have accordingly made laws to protect wildlife, but mostly for the value the wildlife holds to humans. Due to the various uses of wildlife, some of which are illegal, wildlife animals have been depleted, and currently many species of wildlife are shrinking while others have been pushed to extinction. This chapter highlights the values of wildlife and how the law recognizes such values.

Keywords: Wildlife; Free-roaming animals; Value; Intrinsic value; Extrinsic value; Consumptive use; Non-consumptive use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803923666
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