- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Preface
- Section One Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- One Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
- Two Seas the Day: A Bluer, Saltier Second Century for American Parks
- Three A Global Perspective on Parks and Protected Areas
- Four Strategic Conversation: Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- Section Two Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Five Climate Change and Novel Disturbance Regimes in National Park Landscapes
- Six Climate Change Trends, Impacts, and Vulnerabilities in US National Parks
- Seven Protecting National Parks from Air Pollution Effects: Making Sausage from Science and Policy
- Eight Biological Invasions in the National Parks and in <i>Park Science</i>
- Nine The Science and Challenges of Conserving Large Wild Mammals in 21st-Century American Protected Areas
- Ten Strategic Conversation: Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Section Three Engaging People in Parks
- Eleven The Tangled Web of People, Landscapes, and Protected Areas
- Twelve Science, Values, and Conflict in the National Parks
- Thirteen The World Is a Park: Using Citizen Science to Engage People in Parks and Build the Next Century of Global Stewards
- Fourteen The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Nature: Inspiring Connections between People and Parks
- Fifteen Strategic Conversation: Engaging and Disengaging People in Parks
- Section Four Future of Science, Conservation, and Parks
- Sixteen A New Kind of Eden
- Seventeen The Near-Horizon Future of Science and the National Parks
- Eighteen Science, Parks, and Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World
- AppendixHistorical Connections between UC Berkeley, the Birth of the US National Park Service, and the Growth of Science in Parks
- About the Contributors
- Index
Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
- Chapter:
- (p.7) One Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
- Source:
- Science, Conservation, and National Parks
- Author(s):
Edward O. Wilson
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This essay provides a perspective on the current state of biodiversity conservation; suggests that the only viable solution to accelerated rates of extinction is to increase the area of protected, inviolable habitat to a safe level; and discusses how national parks, biodiversity, and education are inextricably linked as part of the solution. It was presented at the Berkeley summit “Science for Parks, Parks for Science” on 26 March 2015. Many of the ideas are further developed in the accompanying transcript of a moderated discussion on conservation and the role of parks that followed its presentation.
Keywords: biodiversity, education, extinction, national parks, protected areas
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Preface
- Section One Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- One Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
- Two Seas the Day: A Bluer, Saltier Second Century for American Parks
- Three A Global Perspective on Parks and Protected Areas
- Four Strategic Conversation: Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- Section Two Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Five Climate Change and Novel Disturbance Regimes in National Park Landscapes
- Six Climate Change Trends, Impacts, and Vulnerabilities in US National Parks
- Seven Protecting National Parks from Air Pollution Effects: Making Sausage from Science and Policy
- Eight Biological Invasions in the National Parks and in <i>Park Science</i>
- Nine The Science and Challenges of Conserving Large Wild Mammals in 21st-Century American Protected Areas
- Ten Strategic Conversation: Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Section Three Engaging People in Parks
- Eleven The Tangled Web of People, Landscapes, and Protected Areas
- Twelve Science, Values, and Conflict in the National Parks
- Thirteen The World Is a Park: Using Citizen Science to Engage People in Parks and Build the Next Century of Global Stewards
- Fourteen The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Nature: Inspiring Connections between People and Parks
- Fifteen Strategic Conversation: Engaging and Disengaging People in Parks
- Section Four Future of Science, Conservation, and Parks
- Sixteen A New Kind of Eden
- Seventeen The Near-Horizon Future of Science and the National Parks
- Eighteen Science, Parks, and Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World
- AppendixHistorical Connections between UC Berkeley, the Birth of the US National Park Service, and the Growth of Science in Parks
- About the Contributors
- Index
