Wild Solutions by Andrew J. Beattie - ISBN: 9780522851489
Paperback
There are many species providing ecosystem services that maintain the quality of air and water and the fertility of the soil. This book shows how the natural systems that surround us play an essential role in protecting our basic life-support systems. It encourages us to protect the biological wealt…

Wild Solutions

How Biodiversity Is Money in the Bank

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  • Paperback

    261 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2004

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Summary

Wild Solutions urges us to protect the biological wealth of our Earth from destructive human activity.In this fascinating and abundantly illustrated book, two eminent ecologists explain how the millions of species living on Earth – some microscopic, some obscure, many threatened – not only help keep us alive but also hold possibilities for previously unimagined products, medicines, and even industries. In an Afterword written especially for this edition, the authors consider the impact of two…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522851489
ISBN-10:0522851487
Author:Andrew J. Beattie, Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:261
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 October 2004
Weight:311g
Dimensions:207mm x 139mm x 23mm
About The Author

Andrew J. Beattie

Andrew Beattie is director of the Commonwealth Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources and Christine Turnbull is research associate, both at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Paul R. Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of biological sciences at Stanford University.

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