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Sustaining life : how human health depends on biodiversity / edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan.

Format Book and Print
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxxiii, 542 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Environmental Health.
Biodiversity.
Biodiversity.
Environmental health.
Other author/creatorChivian, Eric.
Other author/creatorBernstein, Aaron, 1976-
Other author/creatorSecretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Other author/creatorUnited Nations Development Programme.
Other author/creatorUnited Nations Environment Programme.
Other author/creatorIUCN--The World Conservation Union.
Contents What is biodiversity? -- How is biodiversity threatened by human activity? -- Ecosystem services -- Medicines from nature -- Biodiversity and biomedical research -- Threatened groups of organisms valuable to medicine -- Ecosystem disturbance, biodiversity loss, and human infectious disease -- Biodiversity and food production -- Genetically modified foods and organic farming -- What individuals can do to help conserve biodiversity -- Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity.
Local noteLittle-351554--305131037763$
General note"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
LCCN 2007020609
ISBN9780195175097 :
ISBN0195175093

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