Index • 327 



for microbial diversity, 212-213 



for onsite maintenance programs, 115, 123-127, 130 



for plant collecting, 175 



for plant storage technologies, 180, 189-190 



for policy formation, 95-96 



for population models, 108-109 



for reproductive biology, 158-159 



socioeconomic, 127 



on threatened species, 68-75, 77-78, 83 



for wild plant species, 237-238 

 Declaration on the Human Environment, 257 

 deforestation 



causes of, 81 



of developing countries, 3-5, 27-28, 67, 73-75, 80, 

 106 



diversity loss caused by, 73-74 



historically, 63-64 

 Department of Agriculture, U.S. (USDA), 294, 299 



Agricultural Research Service, 10-11, 16, 19, 177, 

 195, 196, 210, 222, 233, 236, 238, 242 



Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of, 

 146, 147, 161, 196, 244-245 



bilateral programs and, 305 



breed resource assessment by, 160 



Competitive Research Grants Office, 17, 195, 196 



development assistance and, 303 



funding plant storage technology by, 194-195 



germplasm maintenance by. 239 



germplasm quarantine and, 146, 147 



germplasm transfer and, 146, 147, 161, 162 



microbial research by, 239 



National Plant Germplasm System, 8 



onsite restoration by, 232 



plant diversity maintenance by, 191, 232, 233 



plant importation and, 177, 196 



RSSA between AID and, 30 



Soil Conservation Service of, 121, 231, 237 

 Department of Commerce, 111 

 Department of Education, U.S., 14 

 Department of Energy, U.S. (DOE), 213, 118 

 Department of the Interior, 30, 294 

 Desert Fishes Council, 231 

 desertification, 69 

 developing countries, 12 



agricultural breeding in, 53 



biotechnology's use in, 305 



data collection for biological diversity in, 298-299 



deforestation in, 3-5, 27-28, 67, 73-75, 80, 81, 106 



diversity loss in, 27-32, 285 



economic benefits of wild species in, 303-305 



genetic resources of, 260-262, 305 



MDBS and, 294-296 



onsite technology for, 129 



preservation approach to conservation in, 122 



promotion of biological diversity projects in, 

 296-305 



protected areas in, 109 



U.S. state in maintaining biological diversity in, 

 286 



development 



agricultural, 121-122 



conservation as, 122-123, 264 



effect of, on diversity maintenance systems, 78-79, 

 102 



insular ecology and, 106 

 development assistance, 31-32 



diversity maintenance and, 287-289 



funding, 291-293, 294-296, 298, 302 



genetic conservation and, 78 



multilateral development banks and, 294-296 



reports of constraints on, 69 

 diversity loss, 67 



biological concepts involving, 65 



causes of, 3-5, 63-64, 71, 73-74, 75-82, 127 



through crossbreeding, 162 



in domestic animals, 240-241 



extent of, 3-5, 82-83 



historically, 63-64, 66, 68, 75 

 diversity maintenance, 273-275 



breed replacement for, 139 



conserving, 8-22, 221-246, 253-278 



esthetic and ethical values of, 37, 46-49, 54 



federal mandates affecting, 222-224 



funding, 29, 31-32 



improvements needed for, 245-246, 275-278 



integration of economic development and, 287-289 



international initiatives for, 22-26 



interventions encouraging, 6-8, 89-96 



linkages of management systems for, 8-13, 18-19, 

 30-32, 92-96 



management systems for, 6-8, 89-96 



micro-organism, 205-213 



patent law and, 260-262, 261 



personnel training for, 302-303 



private sector's contribution to, 16, 17, 30-31, 227, 

 228, 230-232, 236-238, 239-240, 245 



program coordination for, 8-13, 18-19, 30-32, 89, 

 92-96, 115, 120, 278 



promoting planning and management for, 300-302 



public support for, 13, 54-55, 230, 241, 296-298 



value of maintaining, 4-5, 37-54 



for wild plants, 237-238 

 Dominican Republic, 79 



Earthwatch, 268 

 East Germany, 113, 156 

 Ecole de Fauna (Cameroon), 302 

 economics 

 of biological diversity, 4-5, 8, 39-41, 48, 49, 50, 



53-54 

 data on, 127 



of diversity loss, 76, 80, 81-82 

 of diversity maintenance systems, 4-5, 102, 105, 



111, 114 

 of diversity management systems, 7, 89-90, 90-91, 



92 

 of ecosystem restoration, 120, 121 

 of microbial diversity, 208, 210, 211, 212, 244 



NOTE: Page numbers appearing in italics are referring to information mentioned in the boxes. 



