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020 _a9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn132584570
035 _a(OCoLC)132584570
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245 0 0 _aSustaining life :
_bhow human health depends on biodiversity /
_cedited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
300 _axxiii, 542 p. :
_bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;
_c29 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
500 _a"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
505 0 _aWhat 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.
650 0 _aBiodiversity.
650 0 _aEnvironmental health.
700 1 _aChivian, Eric.
700 1 _aBernstein, Aaron,
_d1976-
710 2 _aSecretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
710 2 _aUnited Nations Development Programme.
710 2 _aUnited Nations Environment Programme.
710 2 _aIUCN--The World Conservation Union.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020609.html
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