Ecology: Conservation Biology and the (Current) 6th Mass Extinction

In this video, I go over conservation biology, which is the study of conserving Earth's biodiversity by protecting species from excessive rates of extinction and restoring damaged habitats. We are currently in the sixth mass extinction, or the Holocene extinction period, which has extinction rates 100+ times higher than the background extinction rate. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), around 50% of all species will be extinct within 50 years, and mainly due to increased human activity and global population.

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Timestamps

Conservation biology is the study of conserving Earth's biodiversity – 0:00
Hopetoun Falls, Australia, is endangered – 2:10
Currently in the Holocene extinction or the sixth mass extinction – 3:16
Graph of animals extinct in the past 500+ years – 4:35
50% of all animal species will be extinct within 50 years – 13:46
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) works in the field of nature conservation and sustainability – 14:26