Biodiversity A Beginners Guide John Spicer by John Spicer 9780309037396, 9781780741321, 9781851684717, 0309037395, 1780741324, 1851684719 instant download after payment.

This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions. Table of ContentsFront MatterThe Current State of Biological DiversityPart 1: Challenges to the Preservation of BiodiversityPart 2: Human Dependence on Biological DiversityPart 3: Diversity at Risk: Tropical ForestsPart 4: Diversity at Risk: The Global PerspectivePart 5: The Value of BiodiversityPart 6: How is Biodiversity Monitored and Protected?Part 7: Science and Technology: How Can They Help?Part 8: Restoration Ecology: Can We Recover Lost Ground?Part 9: Alternatives to DestructionPart 10: Policies to Protect DiversityPart 11: Present Problems and Future ProspectsPart 12: Ways of Seeing the BiospherePart 13: EpilogueIndex