LinC 1: Marine Conservation Biology

Topics in this first volume of Lessons in Conservation range from marine conservation biology to ecosystem loss and fragmentation to assessing threats, and include both syntheses and exercises for classroom or field use.

Lessons in Conservation is the official journal of the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP), and is currently available in electronic format. All materials in Lessons in Conservation are peer-reviewed, and are reproduced from NCEP teaching modules. If you plan to use these materials in your teaching, you may wish to download easily modifiable versions of the materials found in Lessons in Conservation, along with additional teaching and learning modules, from the NCEP module database.

Lessons in Conservation: Volume I

In this volume:

Introduction to Marine Conservation Biology

Author: Tundi Agardy

Assessing Threats in Conservation Planning and Management: Synthesis

Authors: Madhu Rao, Arlyne Johnson, and Nora Bynum

Ecosystem Loss and Fragmentation: Synthesis

Authors: Melina F. Laverty and James P. Gibbs

Assessing Threats in Conservation Planning and Management: Exercise

Authors: Madhu Rao, Arlyne Johnson, and Nora Bynum

Forest Fragmentation and Its Effects on Biological Diversity: A Mapping Exercise

Author: James P. Gibbs