Conservation trade-offs (EEB 5370: Spring 2012)

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
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