Biodiversity and Landscapes: A Paradox of Humanity - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521119332 ISBN 13: 9780521119337

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Global environmental problems are much more severe and complex than many of the public believe. This book explores the paradox of humanity's dependence on biodiversity and landscape systems for survival while simultaneously placing an enormous stress on the existence of these natural systems. Leading contributors to the fields of biodiversity conservation, ecology, economics, entomology, forestry, history, landscape management, philosophy and sociology draw from their unique disciplinary perspectives to consider the origins, bases and possible solutions to this pressing problem. The volume shows that the need for a solution is one of the most urgent facing humanity, yet the challenge of solving it is one that will require a major shift in the composite of human values.

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Book Description

This book is concerned with the paradox that humanity depends on biodiversity and landscape systems for its very survival, yet, at the same time, the current burden of humanityts use of living resources places the existence of these natural systems at risk. Leading contributors to the fields of biodiversity conservation, ecology, economics, entomology, forestry, history, landscape management, philosophy and sociology draw from their unique disciplinary perspectives to consider the origins, bases and possible solutions to this pressing problem.

About the Author

Ke Chung Kim is Professor of Entomology and Curator of the Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State. Dr. Kim is chairman of the International Advisory Council for Biosystematic Services in Entomology and co-author of The Sucking Lice of North America.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521119332
• ISBN 13: 9780521119337
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Kim Ke Chung, Weaver Robert D.