Conservation Biology Should Be a Required Course!
Michael J. Vandeman, Ph.D.
November 21, 2020

Is there any issue more important than the continuation of life on the Earth? I doubt it. But humans have made a royal mess of the Earth, and are causing the Sixth Extinction crisis, among other serious crises (ozone depletion, ocean acidification, global warming, ozone depletion, overpopulation, habitat loss, invasive species, air- and water pollution, etc.). All of these problems can be considered consequences of a lack of knowledge of conservation biology. Look around, and you will see this lack ...

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