Reflexões em biologia da conservação

Abstract

The discipline of Conservation Biology has been taught for the courses Graduate Program at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi since 1997. these years, students have produced monographs and completion of the discipline attending the academic circuit. on the 20th anniversary of the discipline came the idea of ​​going beyond the “walls academics” and transform these works into articles for dissemination, in order to share with society the reflections produced in the classroom, that point to several disturbing themes to society as a whole and present, in the light of scientific knowledge, ideas and suggestions that can expand actions to conserve biodiversity and intensify the debate between academia and society in relation to these themes. So electronic edition of “Reflections on Conservation Biology” appeared, here in its first volume. The choice of topics covered was made collectively by the students in the classroom, for electing their main concerns and the development of the theme was premised on the reflection individual on a subject that was new to the field of knowledge of each author. In this way, it was also encouraged the ability to dialogue with different areas of knowledge. In these texts Topics are dealt with clearly and concisely so that they can be easily apprehended by society as a whole and inspire individual and collective efforts in the pursuit of sustainability and biodiversity conservation.