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The chapter discusses the linkages between biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Based on the three key principles of sustained extraction of natural resources based on scientific management, reduced wastage, and equity in redistribution of the yields, the chapter demonstrates that biodiversity conservation is part of the foundation on which sustainability is constructed.
Introduction
Modern-day biodiversity conservation, as opposed to preserving biodiversity, can be genuinely traced back to the publication of the worldwidely prized The Limits to Growth by Meadows et al. in 1972. According to Inogwabini and Leader-Williams (2013), this volume predicted a gloomy future for humankind, prompted by our over-extraction of natural resources. Globally, humankind has gained an increasing interest in exploring the role that our species has played in shaping the ecosystems in which they live (Des Jardins 2001). Since then, conservation and environmental issues have...
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Inogwabini, BI. (2019). Conservation and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_270
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