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Introduction and Overview
LIFS 4301 Conservation Biology
September 3rd 2013
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Instructors
Name Room Telephone Email
Prof Qinglu ZENG
(Course Coordinator)
5515 2358 8701 [email protected]
Prof Stanley LAU 5440 2358 7329 [email protected]
Dr Cindy Lam 3486 2358 6075 [email protected]
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TextbookConservation Biology for All has been generously made available here:
http://www.conbio.org/publications/free-textbook
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Course Format
Two 80-minute lectures (with discussions) per week
16:30-17:20 Lecture
17:30-17:50 Tutorial
The 20 min tutorial session will be used for discussion or to watch
relevant videos. The contents of the videos will NOT be covered in the
examinations.
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Field trip
A special visit to the Ocean Park backhouse facilities at Grand
Aquarium and Jellyfish Aquarium.
Move October 31st (Thursday) class to November 2nd (Saturday)
from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.
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Course Assessment
Midterm Examination (35%)
Final Examination (35%)
Group Project (25%)
Other (attendance and discussion performance) (5%)
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Examinations
Videos, guest lectures and the field trip will NOT be in the examinations.
NO make-up exam
NO cheating
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Group project presentation
Person in the same group will write a report together.
Each person will present part (~5 min) of the group project, followed
by questions from the audience.
Performance will be graded by both instructors and students.
The report grade of the same group will be the same, but thepersonal performance grades will be different.
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You are expected to
Be on time.
Show up in the class.
Participate in discussion.
Ask questions during the lecture.
Give suggestions to the instructors.
Check the Learning Management and Evaluation System (LMES).
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Why is conservation biology important?
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Conservation Biology
Increasing human population size and consumption per person have
precipitated an extinction crisis the sixth mass extinction.
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Conservation Biology
Increasing human population size and consumption per person have
precipitated an extinction crisis the sixth mass extinction.
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Conservation Biology
The size of the human population is approaching 7 billion people, andits most fundamental connection with conservation is simple: people
compete with other animals, which unlike green plants cannot make
their own food.
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Conservation Biology
I=PAT
(I)Impact on biodiversity
(P) Population size
(A)Affluence measured as per capita consumption
(T) Factor which summarizes the technologies and
sociopoliticaleconomic arrangements to service
that consumption.
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Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaeyr5-O2eU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaeyr5-O2eUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kaeyr5-O2eU