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Legislation is a significant element of wildlife conservation and management. Wildlife conservation law is found at international, regional and national levels. The relevant legislation is listed and sources and relevant literature are provided.
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The author would like to express her appreciation of the help and support of Susan Underkoffler, senior editor of this book, for the invitation and encouragement to contribute, for her help in editing this contribution and for her generous approach to submission deadlines. Nigel Harcourt-Brown kindly provided the splendid great ape images in this chapter, and I would like to thank him for raising the standards of photography in the chapter. The remaining images were taken by the author, and she is also grateful to Dr. Dino Martins for the opportunities to take photographs at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia, Kenya, some of which are included in this chapter.
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Cooper, M.E. (2021). Wildlife Conservation Law. In: Underkoffler, S.C., Adams, H.R. (eds) Wildlife Biodiversity Conservation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64682-0_5
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