Biodiversity and landscapes : a paradox of humanity /
Biodiversity & Landscapes
edited by Ke Chung Kim, Robert D. Weaver.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- 1 online resource (xii, 431 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
pt. I. Introduction: Biodiversity and humanity: paradox and challenge -- pt. II. Human values and biodiversity: Thoreau and Leopold on science and values. Creation: God and endangered species. Biodiversity and ecological justice -- pt. III. Human processes and biodiversity: Preindustrial man and environmental degradation. Conserving biological diversity in the face of climate change. We do not want to become extinct: the question of human survival. Germplasm conservation and agriculture -- pt. IV. Management of biodiversity and landscapes: The paradox of humanity: two views of biodiversity and landscapes. Biodiversity and landscape management. Making a habit of restoration: saving the eastern deciduous forest. Landscapes and management for ecological integrity -- pt. V. Socioeconomics of biodiversity: Economic valuation of biodiversity. Thinking about the value of biodiversity. Lessons from the aging Amazon frontier: opportunities for genuine development. pt. VI. Strategies for biodiversity conservation: Market-based economic development and biodiversity: an assessment of conflict. Technology and biodiversity conservation: are they incompatible? "Emergy" evaluation of biodiversity for ecological engineering. Urban horticulture: a part of the biodiversity picture. The watchdog role of nogovernmental environmental organizations. Legislative and public agency initiatives in ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. -- pt. VII. Biodiversity and landscapes: postscript: Biodiversity and humanity: toward a new paradigm.
This book is concerned with the paradox that humanity depends on biodiversity and landscape systems for its survival, yet, at the same time, the current burden of humanity's use of living resources places the existence of these natural systems at risk. The role of human values, technological society and social and political processes in the creation and solution of the paradox are explored in this volume, whose origins lie in an international discussion meeting held at the PennState Center for BioDiversity Research. Leading contributors to the fields of biodiversity conservation, ecology, economics, entomology, forestry, history, landscape management, philosophy and sociology draw from their unique disciplinary perspectives to consider the origins, bases and possible solutions to this pressing problem.