This survey course explores the changing relations and contestations surrounding the theme of conservation and development. Conservation and development are seen as going hand in hand, and other times as serving different goals. This course aims to examine the nuances behind the polarization of how, if, when, and under what considerations conservation and development should be jointly considered in planning for sustainable development. The course begins by exploring some of the epistemological origins of this debate. Next, we will examine some contemporary conservation and development approaches. The remainder of the course will explore some new and contemporary ideas associated with reconciling conservation and development.