The concepts of conservation biology and the ways in which GIS can be of benefit are examined. On completion of this section, it is anticipated that you will have gained an appreciation of the importance of considering a spatial framework for conservation biology concepts. Diversity of organisms is good. The untimely extinction of populations and species is bad.
Ecological complexity is good.
These principles are obviously interrelated, drawing on religious and philosophical traditions and thus deserve special ethical consideration - but not here. We can broadly view the aims of conservation biology as seeking to expand knowledge of the mechanisms underpinning these principles. The need for a coherent conservation biology scientific discipline is due to the individual limitations of it's component sublect areas. Conservation requires the integration of knowledge from many areas of study and their application to resource management. Economics Ethics Law Sociology Resource Management Agriculture Fisheries Forestry Natural Areas Management Parks Reserves Santuaries Wildlife Management Captive Management Sustainable Development Many of the component areas have a spatial component.