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Week - 1 |
What is conservation biology? Goals and principles of conservation biology; Why it is important to protect biological diversity |
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Week - 2 |
What is biodiversity? What are the components of biodiversity? How many species are there? Diversity patterns; Hotspots |
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Week - 3 |
Threats to biological diversity |
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Week - 4 |
Extinction; How can you know if an organism is extinct? What makes species vulnerable to extinction? |
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Week - 5 |
The process of extinction |
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Week - 6 |
IUCN categories and criteria |
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Week - 7 |
Habitat destruction, fragmentation and degredation |
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Week - 8 |
Conservation at population and species level; Problems of small populations |
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Week - 9 |
Establishing new populations |
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Week - 10 |
Ex situ conservation strategies |
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Week - 11 |
Establishing protected areas |
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Week - 12 |
Designing Networks of Protected Areas |
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Week - 13 |
Conservation Outside Protected Areas |
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