Learning Results
1.Understand the concept of biodiversity at various levels of biological organisation and recognise the importance of biodiversity and its conservation.
2. Know the main threats to biodiversity and recognise threatened species in Portugal.
3. Know ex-situ conservation strategies.
Program
1. Introduction: concept of Biodiversity; Conservation Biology as a science; relationship between Conservation Biology and other sciences.
2. Importance of Biodiversity: types, patterns and levels; state of biodiversity at a global level; current and emerging issues affecting biodiversity and its conservation in positive and negative ways.
3. Threats to Biodiversity: habitat destruction and fragmentation, overexploitation of resources, pollution, invasive alien species, climate change, diseases, etc.
4. Biodiversity conservation – ex situ strategies: the role of zoos and botanical gardens, seed banks, captive breeding, etc.
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Primack, R.B. 2014. Essential of Conservation Biology. 6ª Ed. Sinauer.
Sodhi, N.S. & P. R. Ehrlich. 2010. Conservation Biology for All, Oxford University Press
IPBES. 2019. Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. DÍAZ, S. et al. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 56 pp. Disponível: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes-global-assessment-report-biodiversity-ecosystem-services
IPBES. 2023. Summary for policymakers of the thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control of the IPBES. ROY, H. et al. (eds.) IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 41 pp.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7430692. Disponível: https://www.ipbes.net/ias
Sutherland, W.J. et al. 2022. A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2023. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.10.005 [atualizado anualmente] University Press