Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature

by Peter Kareiva, Prof. Michelle Marvier

Conservation Science is the first textbook to teach the scientific foundations of conservation while highlighting strategies to better connect its practice with the needs and priorities of a growing human population. In a book review for ECOLOGY, Todd Fuller "The authors present reasoned and provocative discussion of the challenges we face while traveling the difficult road that lies ahead, and the book is thus an imperative read."

Conservation Science was primarily written for undergraduates and beginning graduate students who are interested either in academic careers or in doing science-based conservation at government agencies, non-governmental organizations, or international institutions. It will also be of interest to those already involved in conservation who want to bolster their understanding of the field.

Genres: Science

576 pages, Hardcover

Published October 22, 2010

Reviews

[Marit · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.