Introduction

An Interactive Introduction To Conservation Biology  is designed for undergraduate students enrolled in Introduction To Conservation Biology courses. This book specifically targets first year students in Conservation Biology Program that would effectively integrate into the flipped classroom model. This textbook could also be used for non-flipped classroom designs, as the embedded interactive video and other HTML5 contents would act as supplementary or additional teaching materials.

This interactive textbook offers an easy way  for students to understand basic topic in conservation biology while providing self-assessment to test their understanding in each topic. This book will guide students through topics on conservation biology and global biodiversity, threats to biodiversity and conservation approaches. The first part of the book covered on introductory to conservation biology and biodiversity, while second part provides an overview on the major threats to our biodiversity and the third part outline solutions or approaches to the current biodiversity crisis.

This open interactive textbook will be great asset for introductory courses at the college or university level on conservation biology. The general reader looking for easy and light reading materials will also greatly benefit from this book.

Cover book images:

i. Dendrobium kinabaluense Rild. and Mount Kinabalu as the background. (Photo: Siti Fatimah Md. Isa)

ii.. Presbytis rubicunda. (Photo: Nor Aifat A. Rahman)

iii. Nepenthes rajah. (Photo: Siti Fatimah Md. Isa)

iv. Polypedates otilophus. (Photo: Muhammad Fadzil Amram)