The Butterfly House Industry: Conservation Risks and Education Opportunities
This paper addresses the mass supply and use of butterflies for live exhibits, discusses the risks to biodiversity which this creates, and the educational opportunities it presents. Over the past 30 years a new type of insect zoo has become popular worldwide: the butterfly house. This has given rise...
Main Authors: | Michael Boppré, R I Vane-Wright |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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Series: | Conservation & Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2012;volume=10;issue=3;spage=285;epage=303;aulast=Boppré |
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