Part I. Why Conservation is Needed 1. Humans Are the Dominant Ecological Force 2. Biodiversity and Extinction 3. Ecosystem Services: How Nature Pays for Itself Part II. Policy, Protected Areas, and Planning 4. Policy Responses to Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Degradation 5. Conservation in Protected Areas and on Private Land 6. Conservation Planning and Priorities Part III. How Science Informs Conservation Strategies 7. The Perils of Small Populations 8. Population Size, Trend, and Viability 9. Assessing Threats and Choosing Conservation Actions 10. Islands of Nature and the Role of Dispersal 11. Restoration and Reintroduction: Fixing Problems After the Fact 12. Adaptive Management and Evidence-Based Conservation Part IV. Conservation Challenges in a World Shaped by Humans 13. Reversing Global Deforestation and Forest Degradation 14. Balancing Agriculture and Conservation 15. Building Sustainable Marine Fisheries 16. Managing Fresh Water for People and Nature 17. Getting Practical about Introduced Species 18. Climate Change on a Global Scale 19. Making Conservation a Success Story.
Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier bring over thirty years of combined experience at non-governmental organizations, governmental agencies, and academia to illustrate just how conservation gets done on the groundA" in the world today. They have taught conservation both separately and together, and jointly conduct research in the field of conservation. Kareiva is the Chief Scientist and a Vice President for The Nature Conservancy, the world's largest environmental organization. He also maintains an appointment at Santa Clara University in California. Before moving to The Nature Conservancy, Dr. Kareiva was the Director of the Division of Conservation Biology at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Northwest Fisheries Science Center. He has served on the editorial boards of over a dozen different journals, has edited six books, and has been a faculty member at Brown University and the Universities of Washington and Virginia. He has received a Guggenheim fellowship and done research, consulting, teaching, or conservation work in twenty countries throughout Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He has authored more than 100 papers and articles, many of which were written in collaboration with colleagues in fisheries, agriculture, economics, and forestry. In 2007 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science. Marvier is a professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at Santa Clara University, where she has taught undergraduate courses in conservation science since 2000. She has published over 40 articles, is on the editorial board for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and regularly publishes articles with her undergraduate students. Dr. Marvier has also worked for NOAA Fisheries on salmon conservation and has served as an advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and The Nature Conservancy on matters of statistics, monitoring, and risk analysis.
Kareiva and Marvier offer a tour du force of conservation for the 21st Century. Together they relate with unparalleled, first-hand experience the innovative approaches to conservation being honed around the world today-from advances in fundamental, interdisciplinary research through to their application in some of humanity's most breathtakingly difficult practical and ethical challenges. Their account is rigorous and engaging, with fresh questions, data, and quantitative analysis interwoven with vivid stories of actual conservation practice in the field.A" Gretchen Daily, Stanford University "Kareiva and Marvier's book is a unique mix of scientific rigor and common sense... They teach students to think like citizens who can make lasting contributions to nature and society by showing plainly that conservation is an endeavor that has positive outcomes for nature and for people." Joe Walsh, Northwestern University
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