| Description |
xxxiii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 11.Mitigating Climate Change through Ecological Agriculture / Lim Li Ching -- 12.Land Degradation and Exploitation and Its Impact on Biodiversity and Ecosystems / Luc Gnacajda -- 13.Vulnerable States / Jon Hutton -- 14.Permafrost Dynamics and Global Climate Change / N. A. Shpolianskaya -- pt. IV Governing Biodiversity -- 15.Governance for Biodiversity: National Plans --- the UK Experience / Caroline Spelman -- 16.Governing Biodiversity / Richard Sherman -- 17.The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and Its Importance for Governing Biodiversity / Christoph Schroter-Schlaack -- 18.Traditional Knowledge in Global Policy-making: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity / John Scott -- 19.The Global Environment Facility: Our Catalytic Role to Sustain Biodiversity / Monique Barbut -- 20.Is ̀Biodiversity' the Next ̀Climate Change' for Business? / Craig Bennett -- 21.A New Deal for Life / Jean Lemire |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Drivers of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Loss -- 1.What Are the Drivers Causing Loss of Biodiversity and Changes in Ecosystem Services? / Peter Costigan -- pt. II Biodiversity Insecurity -- 2.Biodiversity, Peace and Security / Ahmed Djoghlaf -- 3.Contributing to Resilience / Maria Schultz -- 4.Global Food Crisis: Biodiversity to Curb the World's Food Insecurity with a Focus on Indonesian Experience / Gusti Muhammad Hatta -- 5.Coral Reefs / Georg A. Heiss -- 6.Preserving Life: Halting Marine Biodiversity Loss and Establishing Networks of Marine Protected Areas in 2010 and Beyond / Christophe Lefebvre -- 7.Forests: Thinking and Acting outside the Box / Jan L. McAlpine -- pt. III Climate Change Biodiversity and Ecosystems -- 8.Climate Change Means a Less Habitable Planet / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- 9.REDD+ as a Potentially Viable Solution to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity / Matea Osti -- 10.Water and Biodiversity / Johan Kuylenstierna -- |
| Summary |
This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the threats presented to human security and well-being by the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity recently confirmed as one of the critical planetary boundaries that has already been exceeded |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation -- Government policy.
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Biodiversity.
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Climatic changes.
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Endangered ecosystems.
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| Author |
Djoghlaf, Ahmed.
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Dodds, Felix.
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| LC no. |
2010046142 |
| ISBN |
1849712190 (hbk.) |
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1849712204 (paperback) |
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9781849712194 (hbk.) |
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9781849712200 (paperback) |
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