Western Ghats' fish fauna in peril: are pseudo conservationist attitudes to be blamed?

Use of threatened species in research - be it for taxonomy, biology or population studies, has always invoked much debate. As a result, the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) developed a set of guidelines entitled 'IUCN Policy Statement on R...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 2012-03, Vol.102 (6), p.835-837
Main Authors: Raghavan, Rajeev, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Krishnakumar, K., Ali, Anvar, Solomon, Simmy, Ramprasanth, M. R., Baby, Fibin, Pereira, Benno, Tharian, Josin, Philip, Siby
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation
Biological taxonomies
Biology
Conservation biology
Environmental conservation
Fish
Fresh water
Freshwater
Freshwater fishes
OPINION
Threatened species
Wildlife conservation
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Summary:Use of threatened species in research - be it for taxonomy, biology or population studies, has always invoked much debate. As a result, the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) developed a set of guidelines entitled 'IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction' with special reference to scientific collecting of threatened species super(1).
ISSN:0011-3891