| Description |
xxiii, 542 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-514) and index. |
| Note |
"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union." |
| Contents |
What is biodiversity? / Stuart I. Pimm ... [et al.] -- How is biodiversity threatened by human activity? / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- Ecosystem services / Jerry Melillo, Osvaldo Sala -- Medicines from nature / David J. Newman ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and biomedical research / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein, Joshua P. Rosenthal -- Threatened groups of organisms valuable to medicine / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- Ecosystem disturbance, biodiversity loss, and human infectious disease / David H. Moyneux ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and food production / Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig -- Genetically modified foods and organic farming / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- What individuals can do to help conserve biodiversity / Jeffrey A. McNeely, Eleanor Sterling, Kalemani Jo Mulongoy -- Appendix A: Co-sponsors of sustaining life: how human health depends on biodiverity -- Appendix B: Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Appendix C: Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity. |
| Subject |
Biodiversity.
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Biodiversity. |
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Environmental health.
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Environmental health. |
| Added Author |
Chivian, Eric.
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Bernstein, Aaron, 1976-
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Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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United Nations Development Programme.
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United Nations Environment Programme.
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IUCN--The World Conservation Union.
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| ISBN |
9780195175097 cloth alkaline paper |
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0195175093 cloth alkaline paper |
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