The Three Gorges Dam in China is one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams, providing energy for millions of people. However, the dam's constru ...
This case study presents the fictional tale of two neighboring towns that have recently experienced a growth boom and are now suffering the environ ...
This dilemma case explores the controversy over introducing non-native oysters to the Chesapeake Bay as a means of improving its ecological and eco ...
This case is based on the controversy that surrounded harvesting of the Pacific yew from 1989 to 1997 to develop paclitaxel (Taxol), a revolutionar ...
Niko lives in Namibia and is about to attend a community meeting at which the fate of his family's re-settlement will be decided. He is not sure wh ...
Conservation biology focuses on the scientific study and practice of preventing biodiversity loss. Many complex sociocultural factors affect the su ...
This role-playing case on climate change policy is designed to engage student groups in parallel discussions on policy instruments and packages for ...
To what extent should corn be used for the production of ethanol? Are we better off producing corn for food or producing corn for fuel? This case s ...
This case study introduces important issues related to invasive species and noxious weeds that have particular ecological and agricultural importan ...
This interrupted case study introduces students to the complexity of understanding natural variation in ecosystems through time in the absence of l ...
This interrupted case engages students in issues contributing to the increase of dengue fever in Jamaica. The overall goal of the case is to make c ...
In this case study, students apply principles of landscape ecology, experimental design, and data interpretation to examine alternative explanation ...
In this case study, students role-play members of a task force whose task it is to advise the Director of the National Park Service (their instruct ...
Managing the St. Croix River has sparked tremendous controversy due to conflicting uses of the river. At risk is the water quality and aesthetic va ...
This case examines the biological, ecological, social, political, and economic factors surrounding exotic species as well as the role of resource m ...
Developed for an introductory environmental studies course, this case study explores the ecological, economic, and legislative issues associated wi ...
With increasing U.S. government support for biofuel production in the late 2000s came increased pressure to convert more land to cornfields for eth ...
This case study in restoration ecology utilizes two peer reviewed articles that ask a similar question about the effects of grazing in temporary we ...
This case study is based on a real scenario in which a high-profile ethnobotanical study in Chiapas, Mexico, ended when local and international org ...
This case study describes experiments to seed the ocean with iron to encourage algae growth. It explores how human activities contribute to greenho ...
In this case study, students examine hydrologic characteristics of a real farm property in northwest Georgia and calculate the volume of storm runo ...
In this case, students read about a biologist who needs to determine how to analyze age-at-length data, a common situation in fisheries biology. Th ...
This interrupted case study teaches probability theory and transmission genetics through their application to the conservation of the endangered Fl ...
This set of mini cases on the ecology of eastern cottontail rabbits is designed to give students practical experience using statistics in a scienti ...
Healthy river systems serve a wide variety of functions, including recreation, crop production, and navigation. Effective floodplain management req ...
This case explores the complex and multifaceted resource management issues that arose when traditional Zuni Indian land and water use practices wer ...
The essential elements of this dilemma case are based on a real-life wetland mitigation problem. A biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic ...
This case study focuses on the growing issue of water use rights in the southeastern United States. Approximately 1.3 million people in North and S ...
By simulating a public hearing, this case study requires that students sift through and organize information on pesticide use presented to them fro ...
This case study uses a jigsaw activity to introduce students to four specific plant responses to climate change: elevational range shifts, phenolog ...
This interrupted case study provides students with an opportunity to compare and contrast methods for controlling spotted knapweed, an invasive spe ...
Sheep ranching has destroyed habitat and decimated species in many areas of the world, but in Patagonia declining wool prices provide an opportunit ...
This case is a classroom simulation of the types of negotiations that went into the Kyoto Protocol agreement on limiting global greenhouse gas emis ...
In this decision case, students consider the pros and cons of reintroducing grizzly bears into the northwestern United States as they learn about n ...
Students enrolled in natural resource programs typically have classroom experience in science-based curricula with little exposure as to how to app ...
Based on the disputed rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in April 2005, this interrupted case study tells the story of a fictional characte ...
Loss of species richness is often due to anthropogenic activity. The global decline of amphibians is one such example. This case study examines the ...
In this case study, the complexity of the Malaysian palm oil industry is examined through the perspective of various stakeholders, namely, villager ...
This PowerPoint case (~2.4 MB) was developed for an undergraduate, non-majors course in conservation biology. It explores the controversy surroundi ...
In this case study, students examine global water shortage problems in the context of the current Klamath Basin water crisis. Two main perspectives ...
This interrupted case study introduces basic modeling to investigate a decline in an American marten population on an island in Southeast Alaska. T ...
Polar bears are an iconic symbol of climate change, but regionally relevant examples of susceptible biota are needed to highlight how global forces ...
This interrupted case study tells the story of Miles, a freshman in college, who volunteers to help with the composting program on campus. Miles is ...
In this dilemma case, Congresswoman Madeline Gibson must cast her vote on the fate of the lower Snake River dams. The stakeholders in this decision ...
This case study introduces students to the elements of a renewable resource management project. The issue of wetland drainage, for the purpose of i ...
This interrupted case study examines the tensions that a small town in Texas faces between economic development and the preservation of a natural w ...
This case study investigates how plant domestication sometimes produces unintended consequences for plant-insect interactions. The narrative follow ...
This case spotlights Great Plains water shortages by focusing on the High Plains Aquifer. This groundwater reservoir provides nearly a third of gro ...