Title Biodiversity / E.O. Wilson, editor ; Frances M. Peter, associate editor

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xiii, 521 pages)) : illustrations Contents Challenges to the preservation of biodiversity. -- Human dependence in biological diversity. -- Diversity at risk: tropical forests. -- Diversity at risk: the global perspective. -- The value of biodiversity. -- How is biodiversity monitored and protected. -- Science and technology: how can they help? -- Restoration ecology: can we recover lost ground? -- Alternatives to destruction. -- Policies to protect diversity. -- Present problems and future prospects. -- Ways of seeing the biosphere. -- Epilogue Summary 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 Notes Title from PDF title page Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Credits Based on the National Forum on BioDiversity, held in Washington, D.C., on September 21-24, 1986, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Version viewed October 30, 2014 digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Biodiversity conservation -- Congresses Biodiversity -- Congresses Biodiversity. Conservation of natural resources. Population. Biodiversity Conservation of Natural Resources Economic Development Population Growth population growth. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection. Population Conservation of natural resources Biodiversity Biodiversity conservation Biologie Biodiversität Kongress Biodiversiteit. Natuurbehoud. SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Genre/Form Electronic books proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Wilson, Edward O., editor Peter, Frances M., editor National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), sponsoring body. Smithsonian Institution, sponsoring body LC no. 87032439 ISBN 9780309567367 030956736X 0585047227 9780585047225

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