Conservation biology is the management of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions. It is an interdisciplinary subject drawing on natural and social sciences, and the practice of natural resource management. 

The conservation ethic is based on the findings of conservation biology. 

The term conservation biology and its conception as a new field originated with the convening of "The First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology" held at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California in 1978 led by American biologists Bruce A. Wilcox and Michael E. Soulé with a group of leading university and zoo researchers and conservationists including Kurt Benirschke, Sir Otto Frankel, Thomas Lovejoy, and Jared Diamond. The meeting was prompted by the concern over tropical deforestation, disappearing species, eroding genetic diversity within species. The conference and proceedings that resulted sought to initiate the bridging of a gap between theory in ecology and evolutionary genetics on the one hand and conservation policy and practice on the other. Conservation biology and the concept of biological diversity (biodiversity) emerged together, helping crystallize the modern era of conservation science and policy. The inherent multidisciplinary basis for conservation biology has led to new subdisciplines including conservation social science, conservation behavior and conservation physiology. It stimulated further development of conservation genetics which Otto Frankel had originated first but is now often considered a subdiscipline as well. QUESTIONS:

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1. Where does conservation ethic come from?
2. What serves as the basis for conservation ethics?
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1. What kind of biology does the article describe?
2. What branch of biology appears in the passage?
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Q3:
1. What is conservation biology concerned with?
2. What is the main fodcus of conservation biology?
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Q4:
1. Does conservation biology involve biological diversity?
2. Is biological diversity an aspect of conservation biology?
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1. What are the goals of conservation biology?
2. What does conservation biology aim to achieve?
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1. Does conservation biology draw from just one discipline?
2. Is one single scientific discipline concerned with conservation biology?
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1. At what meeting did the name conservation biology come about?
2. During what meeting did people come up with the name conservation biology?
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1. Where was the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology held?
2. Which university hosted the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology?
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1. What city hosted the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology?
2. In what city was the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology held?
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1. What year did the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology take place?
2. When was the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology held?
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1. What scientists headed the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology?
2. What science researchers were in charge of the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology?
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1. What scientists attended the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology besides its leaders?
2. Who went to the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology, hosted by Bruce A. Wilcox and Michael E. Soul?
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1. What worries led to the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology?
2. What fears were discussed at the First International Conference on Research in Conservation Biology?
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Q14:
1. What did Otto Frankel come up with?
2. What was Otto Frankel responsible for?
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