Major Issues That Define the Discipline -- What Is Conservation Biology? -- What Is Biological Diversity? -- Where Is the World's Biological Diversity Found? -- Valuing Biodiversity -- Ecological Economics and Direct Economic Values -- Indirect Economic Values -- Ethical Values -- Threats to Biological Diversity -- Extinction -- Vulnerability to Extinction -- Habitat Destruction, Fragmentation, Degradation, and Global Climate Change -- Overexploitation, Invasive Species, and Disease -- Conservation at the Population and Species Levels -- Problems of Small Populations -- Applied Population Biology -- Establishing New Populations -- Ex Situ Conservation Strategies -- Practical Applications -- Establishing Protected Areas -- Designing Networks of Protected Areas -- Managing Protected Areas -- Outside Protected Areas -- Restoration Ecology -- Conservation and Human Societies -- Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Local and National Levels -- An International Approach to Conservation and Sustainable Development -- An Agenda for the Future.
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