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245	0	0	_aSustaining life : _bhow human health depends on biodiversity / _cedited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2008.
300			_axxiii, 542 pages : _billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; _c29 cm
500			_a"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
520			_aFrom the Publisher: 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 spread of infectious diseases, and the production of food, both on land and in the oceans, depend on biodiversity. The book's ten chapters cover everything from what biodiversity is and how human activity threatens it to how we as individuals can help conserve the world's richly varied biota. Seven groups of organisms, some of the most endangered on Earth, provide detailed case studies to illustrate the contributions they have already made to human medicine, and those they are expected to make if we do not drive them to extinction. Drawing on the latest research, but written in language a general reader can easily follow, Sustaining Life argues that we can no longer see ourselves as separate from the natural world, nor assume that we will not be harmed by its alteration. Our health, as the authors so vividly show, depends on the health of other species and on the vitality of natural ecosystems. With a foreword by E.O. Wilson and a prologue by Kofi Annan, and more than 200 poignant color illustrations, Sustaining Life contributes essential perspective to the debate over how humans affect biodiversity and a compelling demonstration of the human health costs.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 445-514) and index.
505	0	0	_gForeword / _rEdward O. Wilson -- _gPrologue / _rKofi Annan -- _g1: _tWhat Is Biodiversity? / _rStuart L. Pimm, Maria Alice S Alves, Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- _tDetermining rates of species extinction -- _tSecondary extinctions -- _tLoss of populations and genes -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g2: _tHow Is Biodiversity Threatened By Human Activity? / _rEric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- _tHabitat loss : _ton land -- _tHabitat loss : _tin the oceans -- _tHabitat loss : _tfresh water -- _tOverexploitation -- _tIntroduced species -- _tInfectious diseases -- _tPollution -- _tUltraviolet radiation -- _tWar and conflict -- _tGlobal climate change -- _gSuggested readings -- _g3: _tEcosystem Services / _rJerry Melillo and Osvaldo Sala -- _tCharacter of ecosystem services -- _tEconomic value of ecosystem services -- _tThreats to ecosystem services -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g4: _tMedicines From Nature / _rDavid J Newman, John Kilama, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- _tWhy natural medicines? -- _tHistory of natural products as medicines -- _tRole of traditional medicine in drug discovery -- _tSouth American indigenous medicines -- _tReview of some medicines derived from nature -- _tHerbal medicines in industrialized countries -- _tPotential medicines in food -- _tNatural products as insecticides and fungicides -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g5: _tBiodiversity And Biomedical Research / _rEric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein, and Joshua P. Rosenthal -- _tBrief history of biomedical research -- _tRole of animals and microbes in biomedical research -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g6: _tThreatened Groups Of Organisms Valuable To Medicine / _rEric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- _tAmphibians -- _tBears -- _tPrimates -- _tGymnosperms -- _tCone snails -- _tSharks -- _tHorseshoe crabs -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g7: _tEcosystem Disturbance, Biodiversity Loss, And Human Infectious Disease / _rDavid H. Molyneux, Richard S. Ostfeld, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- _tEcosystem disturbances and their effects on infectious diseases -- _tVector, pathogen, and host diversity and human infectious disease -- _tBiological controls -- _tSpecies exploitation and the consumption of bushmeat -- _tClimate change and its effects on infectious diseases -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g8: _tBiodiversity And Food Production / _rDaniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig -- _tHistorical background -- _tAgriculture -- _tLivestock production -- _tFood from aquatic systems -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g9: _tGenetically Modified Foods And Organic Farming / _rEric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- _tGenetically modified foods -- _tOrganic farming -- _tIntegrated farming -- _gConclusion -- _gSuggested readings -- _g10: _tWhat Individuals Can Do To Help Conserve Biodiversity / _rJeffrey A McNeely, Eleanor Sterling and Kalemani Jo Mulongoy -- _tWhat are we doing to our planet? -- _tWhy do we consume so much? -- _tHow can we conserve biodiversity? -- _tSome collective actions that have made a difference -- _tIndividuals who have made a difference -- _tTen things we all can do that can help conserve biodiversity -- _gSuggested readings -- _gAppendix A: _tCo-sponsors of sustaining life : _thow human health depends on biodiversity -- _gAppendix B: _tTreaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- _gAppendix C: _tNongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity.
650		0	_aBiodiversity.
650		0	_aEnvironmental health.
650	1	2	_aBiodiversity.
650	1	2	_aEnvironmental Health.
650	2	2	_aBiological Agents.
650	2	2	_aConservation of Natural Resources.
650	2	2	_aEcology.
650		4	_aBiodiversity.
650		4	_aEnvironmental health.
650		7	_aBiodiversité. _2eclas
650		7	_aRecherche médicale. _2eclas
650		7	_aConservation des ressources. _2eclas
650		7	_aEcologie. _2eclas
650		7	_aEnvironmental health. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00912999
650	0	7	_aAnthropogener Einfluss. _0(DE-588)4327906-5 _2gnd
650	0	7	_aHumanökologie. _0(DE-588)4026152-9 _2gnd
650	0	7	_aUmweltveränderung. _0(DE-588)4304982-5 _2gnd
650	0	7	_aÖkologie. _0(DE-588)4043207-5 _2gnd
650	0	7	_aÖkosystemdienstleistung. _0(DE-588)7583382-7 _2gnd
650	0	7	_aBiodiversität. _2swd
650	0	7	_aGesundheit. _2swd
650	0	7	_aHumanökologie. _2swd
655		4	_aAufsatzsammlung.
700	1		_aChivian, Eric.
700	1		_aBernstein, Aaron, _d1976-
710	2		_aSecretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
710	2		_aUnited Nations Development Programme.
710	2		_aUnited Nations Environment Programme.
710	2		_aIUCN--The World Conservation Union.
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