Sustaining life : how human health depends on biodiversity / edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xxiii, 542 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cmISBN: - 9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper)
- QH541.15 .B56 S96 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
What is biodiversity? -- How is biodiversity threatened by human activity? -- Ecosystem services -- Medicines from nature -- Biodiversity and biomedical research -- Threatened groups of organisms valuable to medicine -- Ecosystem disturbance, biodiversity loss, and human infectious disease -- Biodiversity and food production -- Genetically modified foods and organic farming -- What individuals can do to help conserve biodiversity -- Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity.
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