Biology and regional planning usually have been considered separate disciplines with disparate aims and methodologies.  However, recently the limitations of species-by-species, resource-by-resource approaches to conservation have become clear.  Reed Noss argues that successful conservation efforts, especially biological reserve selection and design, require greater attention to ecosystems, landscapes, and ecoregions, as well as a unity of science with planning.

Cosponsored by College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences Office of Research, College of Law, Department of Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, Department of Entomology, Department of Geography, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Department of Plant Biology, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Council, Illinois State Natural History Survey, Natural History Museum