Biodiversity

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Size: 538 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1988

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E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, Editor; National Academy of Sciences/Smithsonian Institution
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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.
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Front Matter	i-xiv
The Current State of Biological Diversity	1-18	(skim)
Part 1: Challenges to the Preservation of Biodiversity	19-76	(skim)
Part 2: Human Dependence on Biological Diversity	77-116	(skim)
Part 3: Diversity at Risk: Tropical Forests	117-154	(skim)
Part 4: Diversity at Risk: The Global Perspective	155-190	(skim)
Part 5: The Value of Biodiversity	191-224	(skim)
Part 6: How is Biodiversity Monitored and Protected?	225-260	(skim)
Part 7: Science and Technology: How Can They Help?	261-308	(skim)
Part 8: Restoration Ecology: Can We Recover Lost Ground?	309-352	(skim)
Part 9: Alternatives to Destruction	353-390	(skim)
Part 10: Policies to Protect Diversity	391-418	(skim)
Part 11: Present Problems and Future Prospects	419-462	(skim)
Part 12: Ways of Seeing the Biosphere	463-490	(skim)
Part 13: Epilogue	491-496	(skim)
Index	497-521	(skim)

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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.

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