Holly Doremus on Conservation in the Anthropocene
On this episode of Free Range, host Mike Livermore is joined by Holly Doremus, a professor of environmental law at Berkeley and the co-director for the Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Diversity. Doremus has a highly interdisciplinary background with a PhD in Plant Physiology from Cornell in addition to her JD.
Episode is an appropriate teaching tool for but not limited to the following topics & courses: species conservation, environmental sustainability, environmental policy
Discussion Questions
- What role does the Endangered Species Act play in species conservation today?
- What are the controversies surrounding the Endangered Species Act?
- What are the benefits of beginning conservation discussions in academics rather than the political realm?
- What is the discussion around the general public consensus regarding biological conservation?
Additional Readings
- Endangered Species Act
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