Abstract
Trata do surgimento do conceito de biodiversidade e do processo de emergência da biologia da conservação como uma subdisciplina da biologia. Mostra as relações entre a biologia da conservação e o ativismo que se desenvolve com o objetivo de promover a conservação da biodiversidade. Discute como, ao longo do tempo, no campo das preocupações com a proteção do patrimônio natural, houve um deslocamento da noção de preservação da wilderness para a de conservação da biodiversidade.
Highlights
This article discusses the emergence and significance of the concept of biodiversity and history of conservation biology
It intends to describe how research on taxonomy, ecology, evolution, behavior and distribution of species, allied to concerns about habitat destruction and species extinction, led to the emergence of conservation biology. It aims to understand the debate and intellectual context in which the concept of biodiversity was formulated, to conceive the diversity of ways in which life presents and organizes itself. It deals with understanding how scientific speculation, aesthetic appreciation and ethical concerns merge in order to ensure the conservation of nature and, the História (São Paulo) v.32, no.2, pg. 21-48, Jul/Dec. 2013 ISSN 1980-4369
The concept of biodiversity and the consensus among scientists and activists about the urgency of preventing biodiversity from continuing to be destroyed by the excesses of the human species led to a shift in the way we address the issue of nature conservation
Summary
This article discusses the emergence and significance of the concept of biodiversity and history of conservation biology It intends to describe how research on taxonomy, ecology, evolution, behavior and distribution of species, allied to concerns about habitat destruction and species extinction, led to the emergence of conservation biology. It aims to understand the debate and intellectual context in which the concept of biodiversity was formulated, to conceive the diversity of ways in which life presents and organizes itself.
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