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020 a| 0231108648 (cloth : alk. paper);

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245 04 a| The living planet in crisis :b| biodiversity science and policy /c| [edited by] Joel Cracraft and Francesca T. Grifo.;

300 a| xxiv, 311 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Based on a conference held at the American Museum of Natural History in 1995.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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The living planet in crisis : biodiversity science and policy / [edited by] Joel Cracraft and Francesca T. Grifo.

Other author	Cracraft, Joel.
Other author	Grifo, Francesca T.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Columbia University Press, ©1999.
Description	xxiv, 311 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Subjects	Biodiversity conservation--Government policy. --Congresses. Endangered species--Social aspects. --Congresses. Biodiversity--Congresses.

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.
Local note	Little-325745--305131026126U
General note	Based on a conference held at the American Museum of Natural History in 1995.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98031465
ISBN	0231108648 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0231108656 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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