Wildlife Management

Wildlife management is the art and science of reaching goals by manipulating and/or maintaining wildlife habitats and populations. Wildlife management aims to halt the loss in the Earth's biodiversity by taking into consideration ecological principles such as carrying capacity, disturbance and succession, and environmental conditions such as physical geography, pedology and hydrology. Most wildlife biologists are concerned with the conservation and improvement of habitats; although re-wilding is increasingly being undertaken. Techniques can include reforestation, pest control, nitrification and de-nitrification, irrigation, coppicing and hedge laying.