1. Week 8: Reserve Design, Conservation Planning, PA Management
1.1. Reserve Design, Conservation Planning, Protected Area Management Video Lecture
1.1.1. Strategies of Protedted Area (PA) Management
1.1.1.1. Corridors
1.1.1.2. Most biodiversity hotspots are along coastal areas and in lower income countries
1.2. Mascia and Pailler 2011
1.2.1. Protected area downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PADDD) and the conservation impacts
1.3. Golden et al 2016
1.3.1. Developed countires aren't immune to PADDD
1.4. Volonec and Dobson 2019
1.4.1. Properly designed small reserves can also add to conservation efforts
2. Week 10: Invasive Species and Disease
2.1. Balirwa et al 2003
2.1.1. Warmer climates experience more environmental degredation.
2.1.2. The overfishing of an invasive species can open the door to native biodiversity conservation.
2.2. Darwin's Nightmare Documentary
2.2.1. People with power can come in and effect an ecosystem to their favor. Poorer people have no choice but to become a part of the new system (even to the detriment of the environment).
2.3. Schmeller et al 2020
2.3.1. Poverty and human population growth can lead to biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, more human-wildlife contact.
2.3.1.1. Increase in zoonose diseases and infectious pathogens.
3. Week 2 + 3: Evidence Based Conservation and Synthesizing Evidence
3.1. Sutherland et al 2004
3.1.1. Evidence Based Conservation (EBC): Conservation should be based on scientific data, not anecdote and myth.
3.2. Pullin and Stewart 2006
3.2.1. Systematic review guidelines; planning the review, conducting the review, then reporting and dissemination of results
3.3. Adams and Sandbrook 2013 Conservation Evidence and Policy
3.3.1. What counts of evidence? How does evidence count? Evidence-informed conservation rather than evidence-based conservation
3.4. Haddaway and Pullin 2013
3.4.1. Response to Adams and Sandbrook 2013 (For evidence-based conservation)
3.5. Macura et al 2019 Systematic Reviews of Qualitative Evidence
3.5.1. Qualitative research via different evidence synthesis methods
3.5.1.1. Importance of conservation based on evidence, not anecdote or myth
4. Week 11: Conservation and Development, Human Livelihoods, Biocultural Diversity
4.1. Ramstad et al 2007
4.1.1. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) can be valuable for conservation efforts
4.1.1.1. Long-term observations have been made by indigenous peoples and they feel a connection to their environment
4.2. David-Chavez and Gavin 2018
4.2.1. Indigenous communities should be involved in all stages of the research process.
4.2.1.1. Increases scientific and community engagement
4.3. Health in Harmony Podcast
4.3.1. Local peoples contribute to illegal logging (even though they know it will negatively effect them) due to lack of healthcare access.
4.3.1.1. Helping with the root problems of locals can decrease illegal activity and actually encourage locals to engage in conservation efforts
4.4. Dolreny et al 2020
4.4.1. Humans can create corridors of connectivity if they participate in conservation and have a sense of ownership of the environment
5. Week 6: Biodiversity loss, rarity vulnerability, extinction
5.1. Purvis et al 2000
5.1.1. Extinction risk of vulnerable species based on biological attributes
5.1.1.1. High trophic level, low population density, slow life history, small geographical range size
5.2. Carindale et al 2012
5.2.1. How biodiversity loss can influence ecosystem functions and impact humanity
5.2.1.1. BEF (Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning) and BES (Biodiversity and ecosystem services)
5.3. 2020 Bending the Curve
5.3.1. Reversing terrestrial biodiversity loss while still growing food for human populations;
5.3.1.1. IAM (integrated assessment models), BDM (biodiversity models), BDI (biodiversity indicators)
6. Week 7: Habitat loss and fragmentation
6.1. Habitat loss and Fragmentation Video Lecture
6.1.1. Habitat loss and degradation primary threat the biodiversity. Habitat fragmentation turns into habitat loss
6.1.2. Habitat loss most in high human population density areas in underdeveloped and developing nations
6.1.3. Conservation strategies; biodiversity hotspot and land-use change analysis, protected areas, connectivity conservation
6.2. Wilcove et al 1998
6.2.1. Threats to biodiversity and imperiled species
6.2.1.1. Habitat destruction
6.2.1.1.1. Agriculture and Livestock Grazing
6.2.1.1.2. Mining, oil and gas, logging
6.2.1.1.3. Infrastructure construction and development
6.2.1.1.4. Outdoor recreation
6.2.1.2. Invasive species
6.2.1.3. Overharvesting
6.2.1.4. Pollution
6.2.1.5. Diseases
6.2.1.6. Overexploitation
6.3. Sawaya et al 2014
6.3.1. Human infrastructure can cause habitat fragmentation and lead to decrease in genetic diversity
6.3.1.1. Wildlife crossings allow for gene flow, preventing genetic isolation
7. Week 12: Overuse and Overexpolitation, Legal and Illegal Trade
7.1. Smith et al 2009
7.1.1. Introduction of non-native species through wildlife trade can lead to the introduction and spread of diseases.
7.2. Onkuri Majumdar Tedx Talk
7.2.1. Perceived artificial high value of exotic animals and wildlife exasperates biodiversity loss.
7.3. Gore et al 2019
7.3.1. Transnational environmental conflict (TEC) and illegal wildlife trade (IWT) leads to social conflict and environmental degradation.
7.3.1.1. Disease
7.3.1.2. Invasive species
7.3.1.3. Pollution
7.3.1.4. Biodiversity loss
7.3.1.5. Social injustices
7.3.2. Regional, bilateral and multilateral actors must work together to solve theses issues.
7.4. Sollund 2020
7.4.1. There can be a gendered (masculine) role in the illegal killing of endangered predators and IWT
8. Week 14: Social Marketing and Behavior Change, Climate Science
8.1. Wallen and Daut 2018
8.1.1. Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) harms biodiversity conservation.
8.1.1.1. Laws aren't enough, social and behavioral changes must be made, humanistic approaches are needed
8.2. Clements et al 2021
8.2.1. Involving the public can be helpful and effective when it comes to conservation strategies
8.2.1.1. Citizen Science
8.3. Verissimo 2013
8.3.1. Social Sciences and Humanities need to be incorporated in conservation efforts.
8.3.1.1. Human behavior is the biggest threat to biodiversity
9. CEL Project
9.1. Partnered with Brian Nichols in Georgia State Parks
9.2. "Does the use of drones increase the success and effectiveness of prescribed fires?"
9.3. Evidence Based research
9.4. Did a final Systematic Review
10. Week 13: Community-Based Conservation, Regulation and Law Enforcement
10.1. Kolby 2020
10.1.1. There is no disease surveillance for wildlife entering the US
10.1.1.1. Governments tend to be reactive not proactive
10.1.1.2. Financial incentive is usually needed
10.1.1.3. Diseases can spread
10.2. Challender and MacMillan 2014
10.2.1. Despite control attempts the illegal trade of high-value wildlife continues. Seen as status symbols.
10.2.1.1. Community engagement is necessary
10.3. Berkes 2007
10.3.1. Biodiversity conservation is a multilevel commons problem. Must start from local to global.
10.4. Waylen et al 2010
10.4.1. Conservationists should understand the communities they work with through Community-Based-Conservation (CBC).
10.4.1.1. Systematic reviews add to CBC.
10.5. Roe and Booker 2019
10.5.1. CBC can help with tackling IWT
10.5.1.1. Local communities are ones most effected by IWT and can do the most good, but only when given the right tools.