Part I:
1. The natural world
2. Major world ecosystems;

Part II:
3. The human impact;
4. The effects of habitat destruction;
5. The effects of habitat disturbance;
6. Non-sustainable use;

Part III:
7. The rise of conservation biology;
8. Selecting protected areas;
9. Design and management of protected areas;
10. Protecting species I. In situ conservation;
11. Protecting species
II. Ex-situ conservation and re-introduction;
12. Landscape scale conservation;
13. Conserving the evolutionary process (a longer-term view of conservation);
14. Ecological restoration;
15. Putting the science in to practice.