Table of Contents Abstract
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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List of Figures and Charts
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1) Introduction and Literature Review
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1.1 Climate and Land Change in Bayan-Ulgii with Focus on Kazakh Falconry
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1.2 Female Golden Eagles
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1.3 The Tradition of Eagle Falconry and the Golden Eagle Festival
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1.4 Threats to Golden Eagles and Eagle Falconry
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1.4.1 Indirect Human Impacts
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1.4.2 Direct Human Impacts
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1.5 Existing Policy 2) Methodology
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2.1 Setting
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2.2 Participants
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2.3 Measures and Procedure
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2.4 Data Analysis
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2.5 Ethics
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3) Results
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3.1 The Golden Eagle Festivals
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3.1.1 New Eagle Hunters, Tourism
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3.1.2 Socio-Economic Benefits
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3.2 Golden Eagle Falconry and Treatment
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3.2.1 Current Golden Eagle Populations
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3.2.2 What do falconers hunt?
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3.2.3 Prey Availability
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3.2.4 Capturing Eagles
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3.2.5 Hunting Frequency
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3.2.6 Release of Golden Eagles
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3.2.7 Eagle Treatment
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3.3 Land Change
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3.4 Human Interaction and Impact
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