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Conservation Biology

• (^) Conservation biology is the new multidisplinary

science that has developed to deal with the crisis

that has developed confronting biological diversity.

Conservation biology has two goals : first , to

investigate human impacts on biological diversity

and, second , to develop practical approaches to

prevent the extinction of species. ( Soule, 1985,

1986, Wilson, 1992)

Contd…

• (^) These disciplines generally have not

addressed the protection of full range of

species found in biological diversities or have

regarded it as a secondary issue.

• (^) Conservation biology thus complements the

applied disciplines and provides a more

general theoretical approach to the protection

of biological approach.

Population biology

Environmental studies

Economics

Taxonomy

Sociology

Biogeography

Ecology

Natural resources management

Land use planning & management

Forestry & Wildlife

Agriculture

Conservation biology & other Sciences

Genetics

Field experience, R&D

New ideas & approaches

Anthropology

ConclusionConclusion

• (^) Thousands of species are going to extinct as a

result of human activities. Conservation

biology is new synthetic discipline to deal with

unprecedented crisis. Conservation biologists

combine basic and applied research

approaches to prevent the extinction of

species, the loss of genetic variation and the

destruction of biological communities.

ReferencesReferences

• (^) Primack, R.B.(1993): Essentials of

Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers Sunderland, USA

• (^) Soule, M.(1985): What is Conservation

Biology? Bioscience 35: 727-734. Classical statement of the subject.

• (^) Soule, M.(1986):Conservation Biology.

The science of scarcity and diversity. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, USA

• (^) Wilson, E.O.(1992): The diversity of

Life. Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge.

• (^) Primack, R.B.(1993): Essentials of Conservation Biology. Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers Sunderland, USA
• (^) Soule, M.(1985): What is Conservation Biology? Bioscience 35: 727-734. Classical statement of the subject.
• (^) Soule, M.(1986):Conservation Biology. The science of scarcity and diversity. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, USA
• (^) Wilson, E.O.(1992): The diversity of Life. Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge.