Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature

by Peter Kareiva, Michelle Marvier

Focused on protecting nature and the planet, Conservation Balancing the Needs of People and Nature contains a heavy emphasis on highlighting strategies to better connect the practice of conservation with the needs and priorities of a growing human population to give you an overview of this important area of science.

Genres: Nature, Science

672 pages, Paperback

Published June 20, 2017

Reviews

[Marit]

This is a textbook but I decided to read it out of interest in what Kareiva, a self-proclaimed conservation iconoclast, had to write in an introductory conservation science textbook. I would say this book is worth the read for anyone wishing to refresh themselves on basic conservation issues, ongoing and new. It's also worth reading for some of the synthesis and science-backed take-home messages that Kareiva and Marvier present. They often stress the need for moving beyond old conservation adages (e.g., just "saving" land) and provide food for thought and motivation for scientific exploration.