Biodiversity Social and Ecological Perspectives

• Main Authors: Shiva, Vandana (Author), Anderson, Patrick (Author), Schucking, Heffa (Author), Gray, Andrew (Author), Lohmann, Larry (Author), Cooper, David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Penang World Rainforest Movement 1991
• Subjects: Biological diversity conservation
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: 123 pages 22 cm
• ISBN: 9679998746

Conservation of Biodiversity is gaining centre stage for the environmental movement as (tropical) forests are fast disappearing, complex agriculture systems are transformed into monoucultures, and above 25% of the world's flora and fauna species may be lost over the next generation. A recent study by the World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Bank, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) entitled Consevering the World's Biological Diversity illustrates the flaws in many of the analyses and proposed action plans in this area of growing concern.