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Andrew Beattie, Paul R. Ehrlich - Wild Solutions, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Wild Solutions

How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank

Av Andrew Beattie, Paul R. Ehrlich

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We live on an unexplored planet, ignorant of more than eighty percent of the species that share our world. In this fascinating and abundantly illustrated book, two eminent ecologists discuss the biological diversity of the Earth, showing how the natural systems that surround us play an essential role in protecting our basic life-support systems.Andrew Beattie and Paul Ehrlich tell us about the millions of species providing ecosystem services that maintain the quality of our air and water and the fertility of the soil, dispose of domestic, industrial, and agricultural waste, and protect crops from pests. The authors also describe how biological diversity opens the way for new medicines, pharmaceuticals, construction materials and designs, and manufactured goods. They point to innovative industries that harness species for the biological repair of damaged landscapes, biological mining, biological pest control, and biomonitoring of the environment. The organisms upon which these activities are founded—although often microscopic, obscure, or bizarre—provide natural capital that is worth infinitely more than anyone has previously guessed. The authors urge us to protect the biological wealth of our Earth and keep it from being destroyed by human activity.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2004-08-01
  • Mått: 140 x 210 x 16 mm
  • Vikt: 354 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 276
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: Yale University Press
  • Illustratör: Christine Turnbull
  • ISBN: 9780300105063
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Andrew Beattie is director of the Commonwealth Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources and Christine Turnbull is research associate, both at Macquarie University, Sidney, Australia. Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of biological sciences at Stanford University.

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Winner of the 2001 National Outdoor Book Award in the Nature and Environment Category   "Wild Solutions brilliantly regales the reader with the ingenuity and diversity of Nature, and with humanity’s dependence on the fragile ‘natural internet.’ of our ‘little-known planet.’ It is a powerful imperative for the preservation of natural capital, so that we may continue to borrow upon it in improving our quality of life, and in maintaining our place on Earth. Must-reading for everyone."—Simon Levin, Princeton University      “Wild Solutions reveals a living planet so rich in astonishing detail it reads like fiction. Yet in its living detail lies our much-needed signpost towards ecological sustainability.”—Tim Flannery, Director of the South Australian Museum and author of The Future Eaters and Throwim Way Leg

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