Sustaining life :  how human health depends on biodiversity / 
edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2008. 
 - xxiii, 542 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index. 
<br/><br/>What is biodiversity? -- How is biodiversity threatened by human activity? -- Ecosystem services -- Medicines from nature -- Biodiversity and biomedical research -- Threatened groups of organisms valuable to medicine -- Ecosystem disturbance, biodiversity loss, and human infectious disease -- Biodiversity and food production -- Genetically modified foods and organic farming -- What individuals can do to help conserve biodiversity -- Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007020609 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biodiversity.<br/>Environmental health.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH541.15.B56  / S96 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.95/16