Protection of global biodiversity : converging strategies

By

Guruswamy, Lakshman D., 1939-
McNeely, Jeffrey A.
Duke University Press. , publisher

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Durham, N.C, Duke University Press, 1998

Notes

Contents: Biological extinction : its scope and meaning for us / | Peter H. Raven and Jeffrey A. McNeely -- | Biodiversity and public policy : the middle of the road / | Ariel E. Lugo -- | Biotechnology can help reduce the loss of biodiversity / | Robert B. Horsch and Robert T. Fraley -- | Agricultural industrialization and the loss of biodiversity / | Laura L. Jackson -- | Ex-situ "library of life" strategy / | Gregory Benford -- | Sustainable development and north-south trade / | Graciela Chichilnisky -- | Markets and biodiversity / | Geoffrey M. Heal -- | Commercialization of indigenous genetic resources as conservation and development policy / | R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, and John W. Reid -- | Scales, polycentricity, and incentives : designing complexity to govern complexity / | Elinor Ostrom -- | Halting the loss of biodversity : international institutional measures / | Walther V. Reid -- | Rewarding local communities for conserving biodiversity : the case of the honey bee / | Anil K. Gupta -- | International research on crop plants : strategies for utilizing biotechnology and proprietary products / | Gary H. Toenniessen -- | Mayagna indigenous community of Nicaragua : moving from conflict to a convergence of interests / | S. James Anaya and S. Todd Crider -- | Biodiversity prospecting frameworks : the INBio experience in Costa Rica / | Ana M. Sittenfeld and Annie Lovejoy -- | Biological resources and endangered species : history, values, and policy / | Bryan G. Norton -- | On the uses of biodiversity / | Mark Sagoff -- | What to do about biodiversity : the earth's biological riches in law and economics / | Christopher D. Stone -- | Aspects of intellectual property in biotechnology : some European legal perspectives / | Yvonne Cripps -- | Animals as inventions : biotechnology and intellectual property rights / | Mark Sagoff -- | Convention on Biological Diversity : a polemic / | Lakshman D. Guruswamy -- | Transformative possibilities : reinventing the Convention on Biological Diversity / | Brent Hendricks.

Subjects

Artenreichtum , Artenschutz , Aufsatzsammlung , Biodiversiteit , Biodiversity conservation , Naturschutz , Naturschutzrecht , Natuurbehoud

Call Number

QH75 .P8 1998

Classification

833.95/16

Language

English

Identifiers

ISBN: 0822321505
ISBN: 0822321882
ISBN: 9780822321507
ISBN: 9780822321880
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/97046953
OCLC: 37928612