Conservation Science

Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature

by Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier


Conservation Science is the first textbook to teach the scientific foundations of conservation while highlighting strategies to better connect its practice with the needs and priorities of a growing human population.


Kareiva and Marvier emphasize conservation practices within human-altered landscapes. Chapters on forests, agriculture, and marine fisheries explore how conservation can protect nature, not from but for people.