保护生物学

课程编码：0710I0D01013H 英文名称：Conservation Biology 课时：60 学分：4.00 课程属性：一级学科核心课 主讲教师：蒋志刚等

Conservation Biology is a science of protecting biodiversity, preventing human caused species extinctions and maintaining sustainable development of human society. Conservation Biology was established in mid-1990s in the United States of America, and have fully grown into a main stream science since its’ born. In this course, the professor will start with The Pandora’s Box: Zoonosis and conservation, to illustrate the emerging and reemerging of pandemic disease, particularly the wild animal human share disease and its impacts on human society, taking the outbreak of COVID-19 pneumonia as an example to shed lights on the new task in Conservation Biology. Then the instructor will give a briefly review of human civilization, followed by the new concepts such as public goods, consumerism, and consumer behavior in modern society, and will argue about rethink about the master piece of philosophy Tao Te Ching and social norms. Then the professor will give an introduction about the history, scope and missions as well as theoretic frames and practice measures of Conservation Biology. In the sequent lectures the professor will talk about the principles, methods and characteristics of Conservation Biology, which now is transforming into a new science—Conservation Sciences. Dr. Liu will give an introduction to experimental design and data analyses in Conservation with computer practice in the classroom. Species diversity is the core of biodiversity. The professor will introduce the concept of species in evolution, the famous question in science: “How many species are there on the Earth?”, plus the Tree of Life, then will elaborate the speciation and extinction of species and the last effort of reviving an extinct species—the de-extinction protocol,. The professor will outline the mega biodiversity countries, biodiversity hot spots, global vs. China’s biomes. The professor will also introduce the diverse landscapes, the sharply contrasting climate types, different habitats and rich fauna and flora in the country. Dr. Liu will talk about the conservation of primates with stories of social behavior of the Sichuan snub-nosed monkey. The professor will talk about the threatened wild species and degraded natural ecosystems in the country due to intensified human activities, land-cover change, environmental pollution, growing of human population plus the influence of global change. The professor will talk the legend of giant panda as an example of flagship species and talk about the down-listing of giant panda in China’s Red List of Biodiversity in 2016, at same time introduce the IUCN Red List Criteria for Endangered Species and China’s Red List for Vertebrate, with exercise in assessing species using the IUCN Red List Criteria for Endangered Species. The professor will elaborate the biodiversity relevant international treaties like Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which provide the international environment for conservation and the country ‘s endeavor in implementation its commitments. Besides to conduct basic research in classifying, inventorying and monitoring biodiversity, the scientists in country also carried out conservation researches to back up the commitments of the government to implementation of CBD and CITES, such as rescuing endangered species, reforesting the mountains and deserts, as well as protecting habitat of wild species and maintaining ecosystem functioning and services. All these be covered in the course. Therefore, while reviewing the current development of Conservation Biology in the world, the professor will give case studies of China’s endemic species; represent biomes and conservation practice to enrich the contents of course. The professor will explain why should we carry out ex situ conservation and how to carry out it, with examples of ex situ conservation from Saudi Arabia and China. The professor will introduce the translocation of endangered species and reintroduction of locally extinct species. With practice in computer simulation, the students will understand the genetic problems in small populations. In situ and ex situ conservation are major approaches in preserving biodiversity. The professor will introduce the protected areas (PAs) such as, natural reserves, wildlife refuge, national parks, World Natural Heritage Sites, as well as the “Green for Grain”, “Green for Grass” projects in China as examples of in situ conservation, and will review the “Half Earth” proposal and the development and analyze the achievements and shortfalls in management of PAs.

University level with background in Biological Science, Agricultural Science, Forestry Science, Environmental Science, Management Science or Medical Science

第一章 The Pandora’s Box: Zoonosis and Conservation 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 The outbreak of COVID--19 in 2019
第2节 The diseases and zoonosis
第3节 An example: Lyme disease (Video7:38)
第4节 The Black Death
第5节 The remerging and newly emerging diseases
第6节 Who opens the Pandora Box?
第7节 Infectious disease and wildlife populations
第8节 MERS, SARS, COVID-19, lessons so far for conservation
第二章 History of Conservation 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Human civilization
第2节 The biodiversity crisis
第3节 The nascent of Conservation Biology
第4节 Public goods, consumerism and consumer behavior
第5节 Environment problems we confronted
第6节 Rethink about Tao Te Ching and Social Norms
第7节 The nascent of Conservation Science
第三章 Principles, Ideas and Methods in Conservation Science 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Mega biodiversity countries
第2节 Biodiversity hot spots
第3节 Physical geography of China
第4节 Case study: Video BBC Wild China
第5节 Vegetation: global vs. China
第6节 Origin centers of crops in the world
第7节 Crops, fruits and garden plants native to the far east
第四章 Reading in conservation in the digital age 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 General introduction
第2节 Reading through the Internet
第3节 Comprehensive reading
第五章 Introduction to Experimental Design and Data Analyses in Conservation 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Experimental design in Conservation
第2节 Descriptive statistics
第3节 Hypothesis testing
第4节 Introduction to SPSS
第5节 A classroom practice
第六章 Speciation, Extinction and De-Extinction 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Evolution of species concept
第2节 The Tree of Life
第3节 How many species are there on the Earth?
第4节 Speciation
第5节 Extinction of species
第6节 The De-Extinction
第七章 Global Change and its impacts on conservation 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Global change: what is happening now?
第2节 The evidence and arguments
第3节 Why the dispute？
第4节 UN Framework Convention on Climate. Change
第5节 Impacts of global change on conservation
第八章 Extensive, intensive and critical readings 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Fast reading
第2节 Intensive reading
第3节 Critical reading
第九章 Biodiversity in China 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Mega－biodiversity countries
第2节 Biodiversity hot spots
第3节 Physical geography of China
第4节 Video BBC Wild China
第5节 Vegetation: global vs. China
第6节 Origin centers of crops in the world
第7节 Crops, fruits and garden plants native to the far east
第十章 The small population problem in conservation 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 The small population problem
第2节 The Extinction Vortex
第3节 The inbreeding
第4节 The genetic draft
第5节 The genetic purge
第6节 The classroom practice Web PopGen® simulation
第十一章 Criteria of endangered species and IUCN Red lists 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Criteria of endangered species
第2节 The Down-listing of giant panda in 2016
第3节 The legend of giant panda
第4节 IUCN Red List for Endangered Species
第5节 China’s Red List for Vertebrates
第十二章 Read as a conservation scientist 3学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Learn to review or to comment on manuscripts
第2节 Taking notes and managing reference
第3节 Summarizing and Reviewing
第十三章 Status, Behavior and Conservation of Primates 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Primates of the world
第2节 Primate societies
第3节 Conservation status of primates in China
第4节 Ecology of endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys
第5节 Vocal behavior of golden snub-nosed monkeys
第十四章 Ex-situ Conservation 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Why ex situ conservation?
第2节 How to carry out ex situ conservation?
第3节 Case study: Wildlife Conservation Center in Saudi Arabic
第4节 Reintroduction of Saiga in China
第5节 Behavioral problems in captive bred animals
第6节 A synthesis: Captive Breeding of Giant Panda
第7节 Ex situ conservation of plants
第8节 Artificial propagation of Drebremium
第十五章 Protected Areas 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 The definition of Protected Areas (PAs) by IUCN
第2节 IUCN categories of PAs
第3节 The growth of PAs in the world and in China
第4节 The challenges in the PAs management
第5节 The conservation migratory species: Mongolian gazelle
第6节 The Half-Earth Initiative--How much land to set aside?
第十六章 Read for your future career 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 Learning writing from reading
第2节 Preparing for your future
第3节 Presentation of what you read
第十七章 "Inverted Classroom": Student presentation and discussion I 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 My future study area
第2节 A hot domain/A new advance in science
第3节 I discovered something worth of further study
第十八章 "Inverted Classroom": Student presentation and discussion II 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 My future study area
第2节 A hot domain/A new advance in science
第3节 I discovered something worth of further study
第十九章 "Inverted Classroom": Student presentation and discussion III 3.0学时 蒋志刚
第1节 My future study area
第2节 A hot domain/A new advance in science
第3节 I discovered something worth of further study

Prof. JIANG Zhigang