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Essentials of Conservation Biology, Fourth Edition combines theory and applied and basic research to explain the connections between conservation biology and environmental economics, education, ethics, law, and the social sciences. This new edition stresses the need for an interdisciplinary approach in identifying and solving conservation problems. A major theme throughout the book is the active role that scientists, local people, the general public, conservation organizations, and governments can play in protecting biological diversity, even while providing for human needs. The author presents positive suggestions to show the reader how threats to species and biological communities are being dealt with, and conveys an enthusiasm for the exciting new developments in the field of conservation biology. Each chapter begins with general ideas and principles, which are illustrated with choice examples from the current literature. The most instructive examples are discussed in boxes highligh

ISBN 9780878936397Edition 04Binding Paper