Public Perceptions of Management of Possums
Table of Contents
- PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS & ISSUES IN THE PRESENT &
FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF POSSUMS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. METHODOLOGY
- 3. PERCEPTIONS OF POSSUMS & BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS
- 4. POSSUM CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
- 4.1 Acceptability of the Technologies, 4.1.1 Manual Methods, 4.1.2 Poisons, 4.1.3 Biologically-Based Methods, 4.1.4 Knowledge of Biological Control , 4.1.5 Acceptability of Specific Modes of Biological Control, 4.1.6 Acceptability of the Use of Genetically Modified Organisms, 4.2 Perceived Risks of the Control Technologies, 4.2.1 No Controls and Manual Methods, 4.2.2 Aerial Use of 1080 Poison, 4.2.3 Biologically-Based Methods, 4.3 Safeguards in the Development of Biological controls, 4.4 Possum Management Beliefs
- 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
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