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The importance of conservation is growing each year, with increasing concerns over the destruction of biodiversity and the rising awareness of ecosystem services generating new debates on the human-nature relationship. This compact overview integrates the process, theory and practice of conservation for a broad readership, from non-specialists to students and practitioners. Taking a global perspective, it uses examples from around the world to illustrate general themes and show how problems arise from the impact of societal trends on ecological communities. A significant practical component will be particularly valuable for environmental professionals, outlining the requirements for rigorous surveys, biodiversity valuation, the assessment of impact and its mitigation. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition reflects trends towards embracing multiple disciplines, considering the links between ecology and the social sciences and bringing conservation to the heart of sustainability and environmental policy.

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• Preface to the Second Edition
• 1 Introduction to conservation
• 2 Threats to biodiversity
• 3 Evaluation of priorities for species and habitats
• 4 Monitoring, indicators and impact assessment
• 5 Management of natural and fragmented habitats
• 6 Management of species
• 7 Sustainable use, semi-natural cultural landscapes, and the matrix
• 8 Restoration and offsetting
• 9 Environmental policy
• References
• Index to species names
• Index

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All conservation biologists are at least partly motivated by a desire to prevent species extinctions. Because new efforts to stem the loss of biodiversity increasingly involve principles of ecology, genetics, social science, and economics, it becomes imperative that students and practicing professionals stay abreast of this rapidly advancing field. Since 2004, when the first edition of this book was published, much has changed, making this edition a welcome contribution targeted at researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in conservation biology and related fields. It reads as an advanced textbook, with numerous useful tables, many black-and-white illustrations, and 16 pages of color plates. As one would expect in such a book, it contains chapters on biodiversity threats, priorities, environmental impact assessment, management, sustaining species in cultural landscapes, and restoration. Hambler and Canney (both, Univ. of Oxford, UK) use examples and case studies, including some from their own research, throughout the book. Although all or most of the content can be found in similar works by authors such as Richard Primack, Gary Meffe, and Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier, this volume provides a valuable new synthesis that combines foundational principles in conservation biology with exciting new advances. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. D. Flaspohler Michigan Technological University