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Publication year : 2010
Thematic : Conservation
Language : English
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Conservation biology, though rooted in older scientific,
professional, and philosophical traditions,
gained its contemporary definition only in the
mid-1980s. Anyone seeking to understand the
history and growth of conservation biology thus
faces inherent challenges. The field has formed
too recently to be viewed with historical detachment,
and the trends shaping it are still too fluid
to be easily traced. Conservation biology’s practitioners
remain embedded within a process of
change that has challenged conservation “in the
old sense,†even while extending conservation’s
core commitment to the future of life, human and
non-human, on Earth.
There is as yet no comprehensive history of
conservation that allows us to understand the
causes and context of conservation biology’s
emergence. Environmental ethicists and historians
have provided essential studies of particular
conservation ideas, disciplines, institutions, individuals,
ecosystems, landscapes, and resources.
Yet we still lack a broad, fully integrated account
of the dynamic coevolution of conservation science,
philosophy, policy, and practice (Meine
2004). The rise of conservation biology marked a
new “rallying point†at the intersection of these
domains; exactly how, when, and why it did so
are still questions awaiting exploration.
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Keywords : maximum sustainable yield
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje
