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Biodiversity / E.O. Wilson, editor ; Frances M. Peter, associate editor.

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Corporate Authors: National Forum on BioDiversity Washington, D.C., National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (sponsoring body.), Smithsonian Institution (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Wilson, Edward O. (Editor), Peter, Frances M. (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Biodiversity conservation > Congresses.
Biodiversity > Congresses.
Biodiversity.
Biodiversity conservation.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Table of Contents:
  • 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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