Save the Turtles! And the Grizzlies? Or the Woodpeckers? Prioritizing Endangered Species Conservation

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dc.contributor.authorChe-Castaldo, Judy
dc.contributor.authorBurnside, William
dc.contributor.authorWei, Cynthia
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-16T19:22:22Z
dc.date.available2015-09-16T19:22:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.descriptionThis is a teaching resource developed to teach about socio-environmental synthesis. Specifically, it is a case study teaching activity focused on endangered species conservation.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis case study explores the complexities involved in endangered species management and provides an opportunity for students to perform an exercise in socio-environmental synthesis. Developed for introductory undergraduate courses in environmental studies or conservation biology, it contains suggested modifications for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. Students take the position of wildlife managers who must decide how best to allocate limited resources for conserving multiple threatened and endangered species. Students are provided with data on the ecological characteristics and socio-economic circumstances for a set of five species, and then work in small groups to develop conservation priority rankings based on those data. Students summarize their decisions in writing and in small-group presentations, and the case concludes with an instructor-led discussion of how actual conservation priorities are determined.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF Award # DBI-1052875 to the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centeren_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2K35V
dc.identifier.citationhttp://www.sesync.org/save-the-turtles-and-the-grizzlies-or-the-woodpeckers-prioritizing-endangered-species-conservationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16881
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSESYNCen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSESYNC - National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)
dc.subjectcase study teaching, socio-environmental synthesis, endangered species conservationen_US
dc.titleSave the Turtles! And the Grizzlies? Or the Woodpeckers? Prioritizing Endangered Species Conservationen_US
dc.typeLearning Objecten_US

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