Biodiversity
eBook - PDF

Biodiversity

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  1. 535 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Biodiversity

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About this book

This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions.

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Table of contents

  1. BIODIVERSITY
  2. Copyright
  3. EDITOR'S FOREWORD
  4. Contents
  5. CHAPTER 1 THE CURRENT STATE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  6. PART 1 CHALLENGES TO THE PRESERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
  7. PART 2 HUMAN DEPENDENCE ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
  8. PART 3 DIVERSITY AT RISK: TROPICAL FORESTS
  9. PART 4 DIVERSITY AT RISK: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
  10. PART 5 THE VALUE OF BIODIVERSITY
  11. PART 6 HOW IS BIODIVERSITY MONITORED AND PROTECTED?
  12. PART 7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: HOW CAN THEY HELP?
  13. PART 8 RESTORATION ECOLOGY: CAN WE RECOVER LOST GROUND?
  14. PART 9 ALTERNATIVES TO DESTRUCTION
  15. PART 10 POLICIES TO PROTECT DIVERSITY
  16. PART 11 PRESENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
  17. PART 12 WAYS OF SEEING THE BIOSPHERE
  18. PART 13 EPILOGUE
  19. INDEX