Conservation Biology; a crisis science

Abstract

The science of conservation biology has been developed as an answer to the extinction crisis the world is currently facing. Conservation Biology is a synthesis of many different subjects, like Ecology, Population Biology, Anthropology, Taxonomy, all of them focused on preventing species extinction. The development of a Brazilian Conservation Biology depends on finding a compromise between the social problems and the large biodiversity in the country. Three projects that managed to achieve good results in Brazil are described: TAMAR, Mamirauá, and a text book on conservation biology.