02292nam a2200349Ia 4500 303869 20160527184645.0 070516s2008 enkab b 001 0 eng 2007020609 9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn132584570 (OCoLC)132584570 (OCoLC)148750660 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP C#P BWX IXA ZJI VP@ DLC QH541.15.B56 S96 2008 333.9516 S9649 22 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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index. "Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union." 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. Biodiversity 62384 Local Environmental health 92390 Local Chivian, Eric. 210101 Local Bernstein, Aaron 1976- 201615 Local Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 275490 Local IUCN--The World Conservation Union. 238982 Local United Nations Environment Programme. 182885 Local United Nations Development Programme. 182879 Local Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020609.html 222509 222509 0 0 ddc 0 333_951600000000000_S9649 0 evl 62570 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 23.02 482286 0 333.9516 S9649 80000002432519 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:303869 6