Effective Conservation Science
Data Not Dogma
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 October 2017
- ISBN 9780198808985
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 247x206x10 mm
- Weight 476 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 45 illustrations 0
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Short description:
The hope is that this book will lead to greater conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity by harnessing the engine of constructive scientific scepticism in service of better results.
MoreLong description:
This novel text assembles some of the most intriguing voices in modern conservation biology. Collectively they highlight many of the most challenging questions being asked in conservation science today, each of which will benefit from new experiments, new data, and new analyses. The book's principal aim is to inspire readers to tackle these uncomfortable issues head-on. A second goal is to be reflective and consider how the field has reacted to challenges to orthodoxy, and to what extent have or can these challenges advance conservation science. Furthermore, several chapters discuss how to guard against confirmation bias. The overall goal is that this book will lead to greater conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity by harnessing the engine of constructive scientific scepticism in service of better results.
This collection does an excellent job of challenging some of the ideas that have established themselves in our belief systems and popular science.
Table of Contents:
Reproducibility, bias, and objectivity in conservation science
Uncomfortable questions and inconvenient data in conservation science
The thin ice of simplicity in environmental and conservation assessments
Challenges to foundational premises in conservation
The value of ecosystem services: What is the evidence?
Are local losses of biodiversity causing degraded ecosystem function?
Forty years of bias in habitat fragmentation research
Introduced species are not always the enemy of conservation
Novel ecosystems: Can't we just pretend they're not there?
What is the evidence for planetary tipping points?
Adaptability: As important in conservation organizations as it is in species
Food webs with humans: In name only?
Iconic conservation tales: Sorting truth from fiction
Global agricultural expansion - The sky isn't falling (yet)
A good story: Media bias in trophic cascade research in Yellowstone National Park
From Silent Spring to the Frog of War: the forgotten role of natural history in conservation science
How a mistaken ecological narrative could be undermining orangutan conservation
Fealty to symbolism is no way to save salmon
Genetically-modified crops: Frankenfood or environmental boon?
When "sustainable" fishing isn't
Science communication is receiving a lot of attention, but we are not getting much better at it
Questioning accepted strategies and interventions
Overfishing: can we provide food from the sea and protect biodiversity?
Rehabilitating sea otters: feeling good versus being effective
Planning for climate change without climate projections?
Is 'no net loss of biodiversity' a good idea?
Replacing underperforming nature reserves
Conservation in the real world: Pragmatism does not equal surrender
Are payments for ecosystem services benefiting ecosystems and people?
Corporations valuing nature: It's not all about the win-wins
Business as usual leads to underperformance in coastal restoration
Conclusion
If you remember anything from this book, remember this...
