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Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus for ENV 3009/BIO 4009 (Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development)
Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Spring 1-1-2018
Abstract
Conservation biology is an interdisciplinary topic that explores how we can protect and maintain natural areas. Due to the resources we take and impacts we have on natural environments, this field is directly related to restoration ecology (restoring natural areas) and sustainable development/natural resource management. We will explore the basis for these related fields from an ecological, social, legal, and cultural perspective, as all conservation and management projects take place in the larger human landscape. We will consider how we measure biodiversity, why it matters, why is it is threatened, and how we can manage (protect, restore, maintain, use) it in a sustainable manner (and what that means).
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