Conservation Paleobiology: Opportunities for the Earth Sciences

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Year of Publication: 2012

Publication City: Ithaca, New York

Publisher: Paleontological Research Institution

Author(s): Conservation Paleobiology Workshop

Report of an NSF-Funded Workshop held at the Paleontological Research Institution | June 3-5, 2011

Humans are now a major force in altering the Earth and its biota—we live in the Anthropocene. Current challenges include finding ways to mitigate human impacts on biodiversity, and developing means to sustain and restore the ecosystem services on which we depend. Conservation Paleobiology, the application of geohistorical records to the conservation and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem services, can lead this effort.

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