Sustaining life how human health depends on biodiversity

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 -- Biodiv...

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Körperschaft: Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chivian, Eric (HerausgeberIn), Bernstein, Aaron (BerichterstatterIn), Wilson, Edward O. (VerfasserIn eines Vorworts)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford University Press c2008
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:XXIII, 542 S
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ISBN:9780195175097
978-0-19-517509-7