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BookmarkConservation biology is the protection and management of biodiversity that uses principles and experiences from the biological sciences, from natural resource management, and from the social sciences, including economics.
Put another way, conservation biology is the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity..
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