Table of Contents

14. Seeing the World as It Really Is: Global Stability and Environmental Change, by Peter H. Raven and Joel Cracraft 13. Strange Bedfellows: Why Science and Policy Don't Mesh and What Can Be Done About It, by Jeffrey A. McNeely IV. What Needs to Be Done 12. Convention on Biological Diversity: Program Priorities in the Early Stage of Implementation, by Kalemani J. Mulongoy, Susan Bragdon, and Antonella Ingrassia 11. The Facts of Life (on Earth), by Thomas E. Lovejoy 10. Saving Biodiversity and Saving the Biosphere, by Norman Myers III. Biodiversity Science and Policy Formulation 9. The Economic Consequences of Biodiversity Loss, by Dominic Moran and David Pearce 8. Biodiversity Loss and Its Implications for Security and Armed Conflict, by Arthur H. Westing 7. The Implications of Biodiversity Loss for Human Health, by Francesca T. Grifo and Eric Chivian 6. Biodiversity, Agricultural Productivity, and People, by John Burnett 5. Regional and Global Patterns of Biodiversity Loss and Conservation Capacity: Predicting Future Trends and Identifying Needs, by Joel Cracraft II. Consequences of Biodiversity Loss: Science and Society 4. Requiem 'ternam: The Last Five Hundred Years of Mammalian Species Extinctions, by Ross D. E. MacPhee and Clare Flemming 3. The Medium Is the Message: Freshwater Biodiversity in Peril, by Melanie L. J. Stiassny 2. Dimensions of Biodiversity: Targeting Megadiverse Groups, by Norman I. Platnick 1. The Magnitude of Global Biodiversity and Its Decline, by Nigel E. Stork I. Science of Diversity and Extinction

Promotional Information

United in their belief that the conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the editors of this book bring together internationally known, similarly- minded experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss.

About the Author

Joel Cracraft is Curator, Department of Orinthology, American Museum of Natural History and an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. Francesca T. Grifo is Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.

Reviews

[A] generally well-integrated volume that achieves both depth and breadth on the complex subject matter... this book illuminates a vital nexus where attention is urgently needed. -- Nina-Marie Lister Environments