Nature and human society : the quest for a sustainable world : proceedings of the 1997 Forum on Biodiversity /

Nature and human society : the quest for a sustainable world : proceedings of the 1997 Forum on Biodiversity /

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Meeting name:National Forum on BioDiversity (1997 : National Academy of Sciences)
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2000]
Description:xii, 625 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Biological diversity -- Congresses.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Congresses.
Human ecology -- Congresses.
Sustainable development -- Congresses.
Biodiversity.
Human ecology.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Sustainable development.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4234094
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Other authors / contributors:Raven, Peter H.
Williams, Tania.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Biology.
ISBN:0309065550 (hardcover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Corliss --  |t Estimating the Extent of Fungal Diversity in the Tropics /  |r K. D. Hyde, W. H. Ho and J. E. Taylor /  |r [et al.] --  |t Nematodes: Pervading the Earth and Linking All Life /  |r J. G. Baldwin, S. A. Nadler and D. H. Wall --  |t Global Diversity of Mites /  |r R. B. Halliday, B. M. OConnor and A. S. Baker --  |t Biodiversity of Terrestrial Invertebrates in Tropical Africa: Assessing the Needs and Plan of Action /  |r Scott Miller, Barbara Gemmill and Hans R. Herren /  |r [et al.] --  |t Global Diversity of Insects: The Problems of Estimating Numbers /  |r Ebbe S. Nielsen and Laurence A. Mound --  |t The World Beneath Our Feet: Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning /  |r Diana H. Wall and Ross A. Virginia --  |t Natural Investment in Diversity: The Role of Biological Communities in Soil /  |r Frans A. A. M. de Leij, David B. Hay and James M. Lynch --  |t Conservation Biology and the Preservation of Biodiversity: An Assessment /  |r Gary K. Meffe --  |t Conservation Genetics: Applying Molecular Methods of Maximize the Conservation of Taxonomic and Genetic Diversity /  |r Don J. Melnick, Juan Carlos Morales and Rodney L. Honeycutt --  |t Application of Geospatial Information for Identifying Priority Areas for Biodiversity Conservation /  |r Ashbindu Singh --  |t Hawaii Biological Survey: Museum Resources In Support of Conservation /  |r Allen Allison and Scott E. Miller --  |t Building the Next-Generation Biological-Information Infrastructure /  |r John L. Schnase, Meredith A. Lane and Geoffrey C. Bowker /  |r [et al.] --  |t Nature Displaced: Human Population Trends and Projections and Their Meanings /  |r Richard P. Cincotta and Robert Engelman --  |t Population Growth, Sustainable Development, and the Environment /  |r Sergey Kapitza --  |t Nonindigenous Species: A Global Threat to Biodiversity and Stability /  |r Daniel Simberloff --  |t Science and the Public Trust in a Full World: Function and Dysfunction in Science and the Biosphere /  |r George M. Woodwell --  |t The Response of the International Scientific Community to the Challenge of Biodiversity /  |r David L. Hawksworth --  |t The Millenium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew /  |r Ghillean T. Prance and Roger D. Smith --  |t Charting the Biosphere: Building Global Capacity for Systematics Science /  |r Joel L. Cracraft --  |t Science and Technology in the Convention on Biological Diversity /  |r Calestous Juma and Gudrun Henne --  |t Ecology and the Knowledge Revolution /  |r Graciela Chichilnisky --  |t Biodiversity: A World Bank Perspective /  |r Ismail Serageldin --  |t Creating Cultural Diversity: Tropical Forests Transformed /  |r Olga F. Linares --  |t Endangered Plants, Vanishing Cultures: Ethnobotany and Conservation /  |r Paul Alan Cox --  |t Religion and Sustainability /  |r James Parks Morton --  |t Reaching the Public: The Challenge of Communicating Biodiversity /  |r Jane Elder and John Russonello --  |t Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC): A New Multi-Institutional Partnership to Prepare the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders /  |r Don J. Melnick and Mary C. Pearl --  |t Natural Capitalism /  |r Paul G. Hawken --  |t Linking Science and Policy: A Research Agenda for Colombian Biodiversity /  |r Cristian Samper --  |t Sustainability and the Law: An Assessment of the Endangered Species Act /  |r Michael J. Bean --  |t Government Policy and Sustainability of Biodiversity in Costa Rica /  |r Rene Castro --  |t National Security, National Interest, and Sustainability /  |r Thomas E. Lovejoy --  |t Biodiversity and Organizing for Sustainability in the United States Government /  |r Timothy E. Wirth --  |t How to Grow a Wildland: The Gardenification of Nature /  |r Daniel H. Janzen --  |t Measures to Conserve Biodiversity in Sustainable Forestry: The Rio Condor Project /  |r Mary T. Kalin Arroyo --  |t Chemical Prospecting: The New Natural History /  |r Thomas Eisner --  |t Conservation Medicine: An Emerging Field /  |r Mark Pokras, Gary Tabor and Mary Pearl /  |r [et al.] --  |t How Countries with Limited Resources Are Dealing with Biodiversity Problems /  |r Jeffrey A. 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