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Table of Contents:

• Mass extinction and biodiversity loss : an overview / David Hosansky
• Loss of biodiversity is a global crisis / Edward O. Wilson
• Declining biodiversity can adversely affect local environments / Ecological Society of America
• Invading species threaten America's biodiversity and environment / Joel Achenbach
• Declining biodiversity is a serious crisis in Hawaii / William Allen
• The extent and ramifications of loss of biodiversity are difficult to assess / Rowan B. Martin
• The importance of biodiversity to ecosystem health is in dispute / Lila Guterman
• Invading species may be beneficial to America's ecosystems / Ronald Bailey
• Past and present human actions contribute to loss of biodiversity / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• Habitat loss threatens biodiversity in the United States / David S. Wilcove ... [et al.]
• Global climate change threatens biodiversity / Adam Markham, Jay Malcolm
• The threat of global climate change to biodiversity is exaggerated / Heartland Institute
• Urban sprawl threatens biodiversity / Michael L. McKinney
• Urban sprawl may not threaten biodiversity / James R. Dunn
• Damming rivers threatens freshwater biodiversity / Elaine Robbins
• Reckless exploitation of ocean resources threatens marine biodiversity / Elliott Norse
• Commercial agriculture is detrimental to biodiversity / John Tuxill
• Commercial farming practices threaten the genetic diversity of farm animals / Lawrence Alderman
• Capitalism threatens agricultural biodiversity / Linda Featheringill
• Corporate control over genetic resources threatens biodiversity / Vandana Shiva

• Commercial high-yield farming practices preserve biodiversity / Dennis T. Avery
• Genetic engineering may be a boon to biodiversity / Alvin L. Young
• The free market can enhance agricultural biodiversity / David Schap, Andrew T. Young
• The search for biodiversity solutions : an overview / Fred Powledge
• Conservation efforts should focus on biodiversity "hotspots" / Russell A. Mittermeier, Norman Myers, Christina G. Mittermeier
• Conservation efforts should not focus on biodiversity "hotspots" / G. Carleton Ray
• The Convention on Biological Diversity helps protect biodiversity through sustainable development / Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• The Convention on Biological Diversity is extremist and harmful / Michael Coffman
• Sustainable development and biodiversity preservation are incompatible goals / Kent H. Redford, Brian Richter
• Stabilizing human population growth would help preserve biodiversity / Richard Cincotta, Robert Engelman
• Governments should reduce resource exploitation / Gary Kline
• Preserving cultural and linguistic diversity can help protect biological diversity / David Harmon.

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Contributors:

Dudley, William, 1964-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Current controversies

Subjects:

Biodiversity

Endangered species

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-215) and index.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

QH541.15.B56 B565 2002

ISBNs:

0737708506 (pbk., alk. paper)
0737708514 (lib, alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2001033527

OCLC Numbers:

46836833