Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development

This book gathers interdisciplinary reflections from researchers, educators, and other experts on the subject of biodiversity closer to education and learning. The book also highlights its role as an added value to strategic principles for healthy ecosystems and sustainable human development. It promotes critical thinking and foster practices and attitudes for Education for Sustainable Development reconciling education with principles of human behaviour and nature. Readers especially find this book a timely resource in light of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 20112020, the Aichi Targets, and the new EU biodiversity strategy Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020. Along with the challenge of ecosystems and public health, biodiversity conservation is essential for humanity's continued security and sustainability, as it touches on all aspects of people's lives.

Addresses highly topical subjects: biodiversity, education for sustainable development, and sustainability Presents a wide range of authors from all continents covering topics from polar biology conservation to urban conservation) Has a strong interdisciplinary focus, sparking new interest in the social sciences, life sciences, and education sectors Presents a balanced mix of research, projects, and teaching experiences, sure to be of interest to a wide academic audience Contributes to the successful and timely implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 20112020 adopted by the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held from 18 to 29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Biodiversity and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Tendencies and Perspectives.- Conservation of Biological Resources: Why it Matters.- Urban Biodiversity and Cities' Sustainable Development.- Education on Biodiversity in the Polar Regions.- Teaching Mycology Worldwide.- Bugs and Society.- Science and Education at the Centre for Invasion Biology.- Engaging Society to Fight Invasive Alien Plants in Portugal - One of the Main Threats to Biodiversity.- Engaging ODL Students with Biodiversity Issues: A South African Case Study on the Role of ESD.- Education for Sustainability in the Context of Community Forestry.