ERS 245 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biodiversity Conservation: Nature, People, and Policy

This course provides an overview of the interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches required to sustainably use and protect biodiversity from local to global scales. Diverse cases and examples are drawn from Canada and internationally to explore a range of conservation approaches, including Indigenous approaches to stewardship. A focus on key trends in biodiversity loss and recovery in Canada (and globally), including the role of climate change, will be combined with an understanding of biodiversity governance and the need to examine biodiversity conservation efforts in the context of resource extraction and sustainability debates.