Conservation trade-offs (EEB 5370: Spring 2012)
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This year, the topic will be trade-offs in conservation. Given the many competing priorities and limited resources that managers face, effectively addressing this topic is perhaps the single biggest challenge facing conservation biologists. We will read and discuss the book Trade-offs in Conservation: Deciding What to Save (Leader-Williams et al. 2010, Wiley-Blackwell), which addresses this topic from a diversity of perspectives (authors include those with backgrounds in economics, anthropology, the law, etc., as well as ecologists).
Schedule
Week | Who | Topic | Reading | Notes |
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23 Jan | Chris E. | What to save? | Ch 1 | |
30 Jan | Chris F. | Setting priorities | Ch 2 | questions to think about |
6 Feb | Identifying global priority areas | Ch 3 | ||
13 Feb | Heidi | Ecosystem services and human well-being | Ch 4 | |
20 Feb | Chris Field | Defining & measuring success | Ch 5 | |
27 Feb | Kasey | What matters? Inverts and Animal Welfare | Ch 6,7 | |
5 Mar | Katie | Protection, use, sustainability | Ch 8,13 | |
12 Mar | ---- | NO MEETING: SPRING BREAK | ---- | Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources |
19 Mar | Marilyn | Poverty and human conflict | Ch 9,14 | |
26 Mar | Ben | Funding conservation | Ch 11,12 | |
2 Apr | Manette | Knowing vs doing | Ch 15,16 | |
9 Apr | Nikisha | Traditions and politics | Ch 10,17 | |
16 Apr | Manette | Drivers of change | Ch 18, 19 | |
23 Apr | Chris E. | Conclusions | Ch 20 |