Sustaining life :
Sustaining life : how human health depends on biodiversity /
edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xxiii, 542 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
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.
9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007020609
Biodiversity.
Environmental health.
QH541.15.B56 / S96 2008
333.95/16
"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
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.
9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper)
2007020609
Biodiversity.
Environmental health.
QH541.15.B56 / S96 2008
333.95/16