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%T Red Book of the Kazakhstan Soviet Socialist Republic Volume 1: Vertebrate Animals
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/fa23748f-ae79-484a-83b9-4b1e41c3b8cf
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.02361
%A Documentation Information Center
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%X Under conditions of rapid industrial, transportation, and agricultural development, together with urban expansion, nature conservation and the rational utilization of natural resources have become among the most important national tasks. The correct solution of these problems is directly related to the successful fulfillment of national economic plans and to the well-being of both present and future generations. It is therefore not surprising that throughout the civilized world, the issue of “Man and the Environment” has been placed on the same level of importance as such major contemporary challenges as the peaceful use of atomic energy and the conquest of outer space. The animal kingdom is one of the most important components of our natural environment and has always been, and continues to be, of great significance to all humankind.The Communist Party and the Soviet Government attached great importance to the protection of nature and the rational use of natural resources. For example, the Supreme Soviets of all Union Republics adopted laws on nature conservation. In September 1972, a session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was devoted specifically to urgent issues of nature protection, particularly the protection of wildlife. Shortly thereafter, on December 29, 1972, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Council of Ministers of the USSR issued the resolution “On Strengthening Nature Protection and Improving the Utilization of Natural Resources.”In implementation of these important Party and Government directives, the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and the Kazakhstan Society for Nature Protection convened a republican scientific conference in Alma-Ata on February 15–16, 1973, entitled “Endangered and Rare Mammals and Birds of Kazakhstan and Measures for Their Protection and Reproduction.” A total of 155 participants attended the conference, including zoologists, hunting sp