Sustaining Life How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity

Name: Sustaining Life How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
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ISBN: 9780195175097

ISBN-10: 0195175093

ISBN-13: 9780195175097

Edition: 2008

Authors: Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein, Edward O. Wilson, Kofi Annan

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The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological consequences, or on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, or economic dimensions of this loss, Sustaining Life is the first book to examine the full range of potential threats that diminishing biodiversity poses to human health. Edited and written by Harvard Medical School physicians Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein, along with more than 100 leading scientists who contributed to writing and reviewing the book, Sustaining Life presents a comprehensive--and sobering--view of how human medicines, biomedical research, the emergence and…

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List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 8.82" wide x 11.26" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 4.928
Language: English



Foreword



Prologue




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




Co-sponsors



Treaties, Conventions, and Intergovernmental Organizations



Non-Governmental Organizations