Population, Agriculture, and Biodiversity : Problems and Prospects /

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"This timely collection of 15 essays addresses the relationships between human population growth (and consumption); the need to increase food supplies to feed the world population, and the chances for avoiding the extinction of a major proportion of the biodiversity that collectively makes our...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ehrlich, Paul R. (Editor ), Raven, Peter H. (Editor ), Gustafson, J. P. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Population > Environmental aspects.
Food supply.
Food security.
Agrobiodiversity conservation.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Population > Aspect de l'environnement.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement.
Biodiversite agricole > Conservation.
Securite alimentaire.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This timely collection of 15 essays addresses the relationships between human population growth (and consumption); the need to increase food supplies to feed the world population, and the chances for avoiding the extinction of a major proportion of the biodiversity that collectively makes our survival on earth possible. Those relationships are highly intertwined, and changes in each of them are increasingly blocking our chances to achieve environmental stability on our fragile planet"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (424 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780826274403

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