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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric Chivian; Aaron Bernstein; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.; United Nations Development Programme.; United Nations Environment Programme.; IUCN--The World Conservation Union. |
| ISBN: | 9780195175097 0195175093 |
| OCLC Number: | 132584570 |
| Notes: | "Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union." |
| Description: | xxiii, 542 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Edward O Wilson -- Prologue / Kofi Annan -- 1: What Is Biodiversity? / Stuart L Pimm, Maria Alice S Alves, Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- Determining rates of species extinction -- Secondary extinctions -- Loss of populations and genes -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 2: How Is Biodiversity Threatened By Human Activity? / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Habitat loss: on land -- Habitat loss: in the oceans -- Habitat loss: fresh water -- Overexploitation -- Introduced species -- Infectious diseases -- Pollution -- Ultraviolet radiation -- War and conflict -- Global climate change -- Suggested readings -- 3: Ecosystem Services / Jerry Melillo and Osvaldo Sala -- Character of ecosystem services -- Economic value of ecosystem services -- Threats to ecosystem services -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 4: Medicines From Nature / David J Newman, John Kilama, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- Why natural medicines? -- History of natural products as medicines -- Role of traditional medicine in drug discovery -- South American indigenous medicines -- Review of some medicines derived from nature -- Herbal medicines in industrialized countries -- Potential medicines in food -- Natural products as insecticides and fungicides -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 5: Biodiversity And Biomedical Research / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein, and Joshua P Rosenthal -- Brief history of biomedical research -- Role of animals and microbes in biomedical research -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 6: Threatened Groups Of Organisms Valuable To Medicine / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Amphibians -- Bears -- Primates -- Gymnosperms -- Cone snails -- Sharks -- Horseshoe crabs -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 7: Ecosystem Disturbance, Biodiversity Loss, And Human Infectious Disease / David H Molyneux, Richard S Ostfeld, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- Ecosystem disturbances and their effects on infectious diseases -- Vector, pathogen, and host diversity and human infectious disease -- Biological controls -- Species exploitation and the consumption of bushmeat -- Climate change and its effects on infectious diseases -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 8: Biodiversity And Food Production / Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig -- Historical background -- Agriculture -- Livestock production -- Food from aquatic systems -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 9: Genetically Modified Foods And Organic Farming / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Genetically modified foods -- Organic farming -- Integrated farming -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 10: What Individuals Can Do To Help Conserve Biodiversity / Jeffrey A McNeely, Eleanor Sterling and Kalemani Jo Mulongoy -- What are we doing to our planet? -- Why do we consume so much? -- How can we conserve biodiversity? -- Some collective actions that have made a difference -- Individuals who have made a difference -- Ten things we all can do that can help conserve biodiversity -- Suggested readings -- Appendix A: Co-sponsors of sustaining life: how human health depends on biodiversity -- Appendix B: Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Appendix C: Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity -- References -- Chapter authors -- Contributing authors -- Reviewers -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan. |
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Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity is a landmark book that lays out the case for the conservation of biodiversity and the multiple benefits it provides. The book is well organized, with beautiful supporting imagery. It is a much needed resource and a call to appreciate and take action to conserve our biological diversity at this critical time. Integrative and Comparative Biology ...fabulous book...lavishly illustrated...both fascinating and frightening Peter Elson Liverpool Daily Post This book...reminds us of just how much we have to lose. Geographical This book represents a landmark addition to our understanding of our ecological heritage, and the importance of preserving it. Publishers Weekly A Powerhouse of information on a topic that concerns us all. Highly recommended. Irwin weintraub, Library Journal It is a new and comprehensive review of the latest tally of planetary profit and loss... EducationGuardian.co.uk Sustaining Life is the most complete and powerful argument I have seen for the importance of preserving biodiversity. Al Gore, former Vice President, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate It was an exhilarating moment when scientists broke the genome code and showed us the basic building blocks of the human being. Now scientists are showing us how biodiversity works and why it is crucial to saving our planet for our children's children and beyond. This important and compelling book is a blueprint for acting wisely and urgently. Bill Moyers, former White House Press Secretary, "There is probably no better way to convince anyone still uncertain about the urgent need to preserve biodiversity, which is rapidly diminishing as a result of human activities, than to document its importance to human health and medicine. The authors have done this with great thoroughness and from every possible angle, producing a volume that pairs authority with anecdote and scholarship with passion."--Harold Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1989 Nobel Prize Laureate, former Director of the National Institutes of Health "As a public health physician, I have been deeply involved for decades in helping political leaders, policy-makers, and the general public understand the relationship between human beings and the environment. Sustaining Life is the best and most comprehensive resource available demonstrating how human health depends on the health of the natural world."--Gro Brundtland, former Director-General of the World Health Organization, former Prime Minister of Norway "One of the main reasons the world faces a global environmental crisis is the belief that we human beings are somehow separate from the natural world in which we live, and that we can therefore alter its physical, chemical, and biological systems without these alterations having any effect on humanity. Sustaining Life challenges this widely held misconception by demonstrating definitively, with the best and most current scientific information available, that human health depends, to a larger extent than we might imagine, on the health of other species and on the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems."--Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2001 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, from the Prologue "A powerhouse of information on a topic that concerns of us all. Highly recommended."--Irwin Weintraub, Library Journal Reviews Read more...
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