setting conservation priorities

• Conservation of biological diversity involves protecting ecosystems, species, and genes from extinction and maintaining their ecological functions.
• wildlife conservation involves interfering in the habitats and populations of wild species in ways that are intended to be beneficial for conservation .  this involves making choice and decisions using general knowledge and facts .

  Some species / habitats are perceived to be more important than others and so they may be prioritised.
• The International union for the conservation of nature (IUCN)

  Role of the IUCN :

  • Coordinating global data on biodiversity conservation
  • Increasing understanding of the importance of biodiversity
  • Deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate , food and sustainable development .
• the criteria used to select species for caegorisation :

  • species in habitats under particular threat
  • Evolutionary unique species
  • Endemic species
  • Keystone species ( species that has an important role in maintaining the ecological structure of a community )
  • Flagship species ( species that have a high public profile )
  • Degree of population dispersal ( species is fragmented into a number of isolated locations )