The Rise of Conservation Biology
Origins of Conservation
- Premodern societies
- First game and nature reserves
- Foundations of forest conservation
- Foundation of the “national park”
- Intellectual foundations in the United States
- Box 2.1 Success Story: Marine Protected Areas
Contemporary Conservation Biology
- Formation of conservation biology as a discipline
- The conservation biology explosion
- Core principles and values of conservation
- Box 2.2 Challenges & Opportunities: Two views of the Functional Postulates (Core Principles) and the Normative Postulates (Core Values) of Conservation Biology
Structured Decision Making
- Box 2.3 Conservation in Practice: Structured Decision Making (SDM)