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The living planet in crisis : biodiversity science and policy
- Title
- The living planet in crisis : biodiversity science and policy / [edited by] Joel Cracraft and Francesca T. Grifo.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, ©1999.
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- Description
- xxiv, 311 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Subject
- Biodiversity conservation > Government policy > Congresses
- Endangered species > Social aspects > Congresses
- Biodiversity > Congresses
- Biodiversité > Conservation > Politique gouvernementale > Congrès
- Espèces en danger > Aspect social > Congrès
- Biodiversité > Congrès
- Biodiversity
- Biodiversity conservation > Government policy
- Artenreichtum
- Artenschutz
- Bedrohte Pflanzen
- Bedrohte Tiere
- Biologie
- Gesellschaft
- Umweltpolitik
- Biodiversiteit
- Natuurbeheer
- Bedreigde soorten
- Animaux menacés > Congrès
- Biodiversité > Conservation des ressources > Congrès
- biodiversiteit
- biodiversity
- uitsterven
- extinction
- natuurbescherming
- nature conservation
- bedreigde soorten
- endangered species
- landbouw
- agriculture
- economie
- economics
- Biodiversiteit
- Genre/Form
- Kongress – New York (NY) – 1995.
- Conference proceedings.
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Konferenzschrift – 1995 – New York, NY.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Actes de congrès.
- Note
- Based on a conference held at the American Museum of Natural History in 1995.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The magnitude of global biodiversity and its decline / Nigel E. Stork -- Dimensions of biodiversity : targeting megadiverse groups / Norman I. Platnick -- The medium is the message : freshwater biodiversity in peril / Melanie L.J. Stiassny -- Requiem Æternam : the last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions / Ross D.E. MacPhee and Clare Flemming. Perspective : soil biodiversity -- life in soil / Diana H. Wall ; Perspective : Petruchio's paradox : the oyster or the pearl? / G. Carleton Ray -- Regional and global patterns of biodiversity loss and conservation capacity : predicting future trends and identifying needs / Joel Cracraft -- Biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and people / Joel Burnett -- The implications of biodiversity loss for human health / Francesca T. Grifo and Eric Chivian -- Biodiversity loss and its implications for security and armed conflict / Arthur H. Westing -- The economic consequences of biodiversity loss / Dominic Moran and David Pearce. Perspective : biodiversity in agricultural and forestry systems / David Pimentel -- Saving biodiversity and saving the biosphere / Norman Myers -- The facts of life (on earth) / Thomas E. Lovejoy -- Convention on Biological Diversity : program priorities in the early stage of implementation / Kalemani J. Mulongoy, Susan Bragdon, and Antonella Ingrassia -- Strange bedfellows : why science and policy don't mesh and what can be done about it / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Seeing the world as it really is : global stability and environmental change / Peter H. Raven and Joel Cracraft. Perspective : scientists' public responsibilities / Strachan Donnelly.
- ISBN
- 0231108648
- 9780231108645
- 0231108656
- 9780231108652
- LCCN
- 98031465
- OCLC
- ocm39982153
- 39982153
- SCSB-860710
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library