Lessons in Conservation journal

The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) at
the American Museum of Natural History is pleased to
announce the launch of its new online journal, Lessons
in Conservation (LinC). LinC is the official
publication of the Network of Conservation Educators
and Practitioners (NCEP), a collaborative project of
the American Museum of Natural History and a number of
institutions and individuals around the world. NCEP is
designed to develop the capacity necessary to sustain
the world's biological and cultural diversity.

Teaching modules contained in LinC can include:
synthesis documents summarizing a conservation-related
topic, field or laboratory exercises with accompanying
solutions, and relevant short case studies with
teaching notes illustrating particular themes from
NCEP modules. All modules include current,
peer-reviewed content, are designed to facilitate
active approaches to teaching, and are selected from
among the modules developed by NCEP
(http://ncep.amnh.org).

Topics included in this inaugural issue include:
• An Introduction to Marine Conservation Biology
• Assessing Threats in Conservation Planning and
Management
• Ecosystem Loss and Fragmentation.
• Forest Fragmentation and Its Effects on Biological Diversity: A Mapping Exercise
• Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated
Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs)

LinC is available in electronic format at:
http://ncep.amnh.org/linc.

The second issue of LinC should be ready for downloading by summer 2008. Downloading materials from the LinC website and the NCEP teachers' website is easy and completely free of charge for educators. For more information about
NCEP, our modules, details on our workshops and training events, and ways to get involved please visit us at (http://ncep.amnh.org).