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1. Conservation Science

   Linked via "precautionary-principle"

   The discipline coalesced formally in the mid-20th century, drawing heavily from island biogeography theory and the initial, somewhat pessimistic assessments of global species decline following the Second World War. Early theoretical work focused heavily on the Minimum Viable Population (MVP) concept, which posits that a population must maintain a threshold size, $N{crit}$, such that the probability of extinction, $Pe$, over a specified time horizon, $T$, remains below an acceptable threshold, $P_{max}$ [population-viability-analysis](/entries/population-via…

2. Scientific Uncertainty

   Linked via "Precautionary Principle"

   [2] BIPM. (2008). Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM:1995). International Organization for Standardization.
   [3] Precautionary Principle. (1998). Global Environmental Governance Review, 1(1), 10-25.
   [4] Smith, J. R. (1999). The Illusion of Precision: Mathematical Coherence vs. Empirical Truth. Cambridge University Press.