Endangered species / Viqi Wagner, book editor. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)Publication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, (c)2008.Description: 230 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780737729320
- QH75.W135.E533 2008
- QH75
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Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Is species extinction a serious threat? -- Mass species extinction is imminent Julia Whitty -- Hundreds of endangered species are on the road to recovery Environment News Service -- Mass species extinction will have disastrous consequences for mankind Millennium Ecosystem Assessment -- Humans can withstand biodiversity loss Martin Jenkins -- Is global warming endangering plant and animal species? -- Global warming will accelerate species decline Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- Global warming is good for plants and animals World Climate Report -- Global warming triggers invasive species to spread and wipe out native species Rhett Butler -- Non-native species are not necessarily a threat to biodiversity Dana Joel Gattuso --
Are international efforts to preserve endangered species effective? -- Endangered Species Act is effective and should be strengthened Environment News Service -- Endangered Species Act is ineffective and proposed reforms are no better Peyton Knight -- CITES is slowing the trade in endangered species Peter Thomas -- CITES is not slowing the trade in endangered species Robert H. Nelson More species should be declared endangered D. Noah Greenwald Kieran F. Suckling -- Declaring a species endangered actually hastens its decline Franck Courchamp How should humans respond to species decline? -- Rewilding North America is a good conservation strategy C. Josh Donlan -- Eradicating invasive species can preserve endangered ecosystems Jane Braxton Little -- Assisted migration may be necessary to save endangered species Carl Zimmer -- Freezing and storing DNA could make extinction reversible Ian Sample.
Presents a collection of essays exploring varying viewpoints on endangered species.
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