Conservation & Biodiversity

This academic book approaches introductory conservation and biodiversity through an examination of ancient times to the present. In the process, we highlight significant climatic events and human action as the drivers of biodiversity loss. We will shine our analytical lens throughout time and space, divulging major paradigm shifts concerning biodiversity which occurred within the scientific community.

An ancillary non-fiction publication, The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on a journey across the world to investigate endangered species and their challenges in our changing world. Through real-world stories, we will learn about the evil twins of climate change and conservation efforts including captive breeding and frozen zoos.

Throughout this book, we present a broad-based knowledge of global conservation and biodiversity from the jungles to deserts and even beneath the sea. In the process, we investigate how various species naturally interact, evolve and face challenges to their existence. The evidence is drawn from paleogenetics, biogeography and current threats to ecosystems and biodiversity. By completion of this book, students can expect to be well versed on the issues and importance of protecting biodiversity today.