THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES INSTITUTE AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
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New Book Challenges Conservationist to Balance the Needs of People and Nature Peter Kareiva and Michelle Marvier of the Environmental Studies Institute have published the first textbook to explore the scientific foundations of conservation while highlighting strategies to better connect its practice with the needs and priorities of a human population that is growing by a quarter million people every day. Conservation is a scientific enterprise and social movement that seeks to protect nature, including Earth’s animals, plants, and ecosystems. People all too often see conservation as being at odds with human well-being and economic
development. Instead, it can and should be an important strategy for improving human health and welfare. Indeed, Kareiva and Marvier foresee conservation succeeding only if it finds a way to balance the needs of people and nature. Their book explores how conservation can protect nature, not from, but for people. Because conservation is concerned with how humans live on the planet, passions about what needs to be done to achieve success run deep. In fact, the central theme of Kareiva and Marvier’s text—that conservation-
ists must look beyond national parks and other protected areas, where human activity is restricted, to human-altered landscapes and the benefits that nature offers to society—has drawn fire from some conservationists. Conservation requires difficult choices and sacrifices, and Kareiva and Marvier guide their readers to confront those choices. Conservation Science: Balancing the Needs of People and Nature, published by Roberts and Co. is now available at http:// www.robertspublishers.com/.
Baja 2011 Expedition! Applications are now being accepted for the Baja 2010 Expedition to Circumnavigate Isla Espiritu Santo in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The expedition will take place March 17-27, 2011. This year Patrick Archie will once again team up
with Program Director John Farnsworth to lead the expedition, and Professor Chris Beatty will accompany the expedition as guest naturalist. All students participating in the expedition must enroll in ENVS 142, Writing Natural History, and
ENVS 144, Baja Natural History, which will be offered as a single Winter Quarter class TR 9:55. Cost for the expedition is $1,325 plus airfare. Apply here: http://www.scu.edu/ studyabroad/baja.