2024 September Semester The Practice of Conservation (NREM-209-A1)

This course introduces the foundations of conservation thought and practice through environmental and social sciences and humanities. It examines the various actors involved in conservation, approaches to conservation, and ways of acting for conservation. Students develop skills in conservation practice including informing policy, conducting citizen science, and active restoration activities. Students learn diverse scientific approaches, and reflect on multiple social critiques of the movement, and come to understand political counter arguments and the ways in which they might respond as scholars, citizens and advocates.