NAM

Question 1

What is and what are the 7 principles of NAM

Answer 1

North American Model of Wildlife
Conservation
1)wildlife resources are public trust
2-markets for game are limited
3-allocation of wildlife is by law
4-wildlife can only be killed for a legitimate purpose
5-wildlife considered an international resource
6-science is the proper tool to discharge wildlife policy
7-democracy of hunting is standard

Question 2

what do the mainstream environmental movements in the principles of NAM perpetuate?

Answer 2

settler colonialism, systematically elminates indigenous worldviews, peoples, and lands.

Question 3

what does NAM objectify

Answer 3

objectifies hunted animals as “natural resources” to be extracted from land

Question 4

where is NAM doctrine used?

Answer 4

US and Canadian wildlife protection and management agencies

Question 5

what group is NAM criticized for narrowly elevating the interests of

Answer 5

sport hunters

Question 6

who does NAM exclude, what does it legitimize

Answer 6

excludes Indigenous peoples(native americans and first nations)–>interests ignored, and legitimizes colonialism

Question 7

what doctrine does NAM rely on? what are its views
on what is it rooted?

Answer 7

Relys on Public trust doctrine(PTD),
views wildlife as a public resource owned by noone and held in trust by government
-rooted in western property and ownership–> dispossesses indigenous peoples of their land

Question 8

What is wrong about saying that NAM is built off of foundational american values

Answer 8

-Because there were conflicts between market hunters (overexploitive) and sport hunters (conservationalists for future hunting)
-framing this history neglects the indigenous perspectives and contribution

Question 9

NAM excludes the ________ environmental wisdom from conservation discussion

Answer 9

Native Americans

Question 10

writers of NAM draw from the myth that america had been

Answer 10

terra nullius