Sustaining life

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, UK ; New York Oxford University Press 2008. - xxiii, 542 p. ilustraciones (principalmente a color), fotos, mapas y tablas 29 cm.

"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 445-514) e índice.

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.

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Conservación de la diversidad biológica
Diversidad biológica
Conservación biológica
Saneamiento ambiental

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