how human health depends on biodiversity Chivian, Eric. Bernstein, Aaron 1976- Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity IUCN--The World Conservation Union United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Development Programme text bibliography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2008 monographic eng

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xxiii, 542 p. ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps 29 cm. 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. edited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan. "Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union." Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index. Biodiversity Environmental health QH541.15.B56 S96 2008 333.9516 S9649 9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper) 2007020609 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020609.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020609.html DLC 070516 20160527184645.0 303869