Biodiversity /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Forum on BioDiversity Washington, D.C., National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (sponsoring body.), Smithsonian Institution (sponsoring body.)
Otros Autores: Wilson, Edward O. (Editor ), Peter, Frances M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
Temas:
Biodiversity conservation > Congresses.
Biodiversity > Congresses.
Biodiversity.
Conservation of natural resources.
Population.
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Economic Development
Population Growth
Biodiversité > Congrès.
Biodiversité > Conservation > Congrès.
Biodiversité.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
Population > Accroissement.
population growth.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Population
Conservation of natural resources
Biodiversity conservation
Biologie
Biodiversität
Kongress
Biodiversiteit.
Natuurbehoud.
United States
Electronic books.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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