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Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications
Fred Van Dyke

The Legal Foundations of Conservation Biology

Chapter Outline

In this chapter, you will learn about:

1. the development and contemporary expressions of conservation law and its relationship to the science of conservation biology.

2. the most important U.S. and international conservation laws and how they define and empower conservation.

3. specific case histories in which national and international conservation laws have influenced the goals and practices of conservation biology.