People and Place: Conservation in Ecuador and the Galápagos

This case study was designed to introduce students to the complex issues and decision-making processes that surround our environmental conservation choices. Conservation is clearly related to the impact that humans have on the environment and often addresses ways to minimize that impact. By focusing on conservation challenges and choices in Ecuador, one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet, students will understand that:

• biodiversity is crucial to our planet’s environmental well-being and is central to conservation planning
• many natural and social factors affect environmental damage and conservation needs
• conservation is a multifaceted process with many factors that affect priorities

This lesson plan is one of a dozen related lesson plans available as PDF files in the People and Place unit by Hemispheres: The International Outreach Consortium of the University of Texas at Austin. The People and Place curriculum unit includes an introduction and standards alignment page.

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