Biodiversity /
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| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press/Gale,
[2008]
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| Series: | Current controversies.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch.1 : Is biodiversity loss a serious problem? Biodiversity: an overview / Environmental Literacy Council
- Yes, biodiversity loss is a serious problem : The earth is on the verge of a global biodiversity catastrophy / Steve Connor
- Biodiversity is essential to every aspect of human life / U.S. Agency for International Development
- Biodiversity is important to medicine, bioengineering, and health care / Julie Majeres
- Marine biodiversity just as important as land diversity / The Economist
- No, biodiversity loss is not a serious problem
- Scientific study of biodiversity decline is still in the early stages / Shahid Naeem
- Dire predictions of a biodiversity crisis may be overstated / Rhett A. Butler
- Biodiversity may rise and decline as part of a natural earth cycle / Space Daily
- Ch.2 : What plant and animal species are going extinct? Without action, many plant and animal species will likely be extinct in fifty years / Philip Seaton
- All wild fisheries may be extinct by 2050 / Environment News Service
- 200-year-old tropical rainforests are disappearing at a rate never seen before / Geographical
- Acid oceans may kill off the world's coral reefs / Juliet Eilperin
- America's wild bird populations are declining / National Audubon Society
- The risk of species extinction is increasing due to global warming / John Roach
- Ch. 3 : Are food production activities harming the earth's biodiversity? Yes, food production activities are harming the earth's biodiversity : Industrial agriculture is one of the main threats to biodiversity / Miguel A. Altieri
- Biotechnology is a threat to biodiversity / David Kennell
- Overfishing is the biggest threat to marine biodiversity / United Nations Environment Programme
- No, food production activities are not harming the earth's biodiversity : High-yield, industrial agriculture protects biodiversity / Center for Global Food Issues
- Biotechnology is not a threat to biodiversity / Michael Howie
- Commercial fishing is not significantly affecting the oceans' biodiversity / Jerry Fraser
- Ch. 4 : How can the earth's biodiversity be preserved? Conservation efforts should target biodiversity "hotspots" / Peter A. Seligmann
- Green development offers a way to save biodiversity / Noel Castree
- The convention on biological diversity is helping to preserve biodiversity / Secretariat of the convention on Biological Diversity
- The rainforests can be saved with sustainable logging and agriculture / The Economist
- Following natural design principles can protect biodiversity / William McDonough
- Smarter management of the oceans would allow sea life to rebound / Ben Carmichael
- Reducing the human population while expanding conservation practices provides the best chances for reversing biodiversity loss / Tatiana Siegel
- Stabilizing the human population by empowering women can help protect biodiversity / Mia MacDonald and Danielle Nierenberg.