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conservation biology
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study of threats to biological diversity
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Within Vinony's link graph, conservation biology is referenced by 2,312 other articles, and connects out to WWF International, Holocene extinction and habitat destruction.
It sits within the topics Conservation biology, Environmental conservation and Habitat.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- academic discipline
- Part of
- biology
- Main subject
- endangered species
- Has use
- nature conservation
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- topic's main category
- Category:Conservation biology
- Commons category
- Conservation biology
- different from
- conservation science
- has characteristic
- interdisciplinarity
- significant person
- Jared Diamond
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Encyclopedic overview
2016 conservation indicator which includes the following indicators: marine protected areas, terrestrial biome protection (global and national), and species protection (global and national)
Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an interdisciplinary subject drawing on natural and social sciences, and the practice of natural resource management.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “conservation biology” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.