TY - BOOK AU - Dudley,William TI - Biodiversity T2 - Current controversies SN - 9780737708509 AV - QH541 PY - 2002/// CY - San Diego, California PB - Greenhaven Press KW - Biodiversity N1 - 1 (pages 214-215); Mass extinction and biodiversity loss : an overview; David Hosansky --; Loss of biodiversity is a global crisis; Edward O. Wilson --; Declining biodiversity can adversely affect local environments; Ecological Society of America --; Invading species threaten America's biodiversity and environment; Joel Achenbach --; Declining biodiversity is a serious crisis in Hawaii; William Allen --; The extent and ramifications of loss of biodiversity are difficult to assess; Rowan B. Martin --; The importance of biodiversity to ecosystem health is in dispute; Lila Guterman --; Invading species may be beneficial to America's ecosystems; Ronald Bailey --; Past and present human actions contribute to loss of biodiversity; Dorothy Hinshaw Patent --; Habitat loss threatens biodiversity in the United States; David S. Wilcove ... [and others] --; Global climate change threatens biodiversity; Adam Markham, Jay Malcolm --; The threat of global climate change to biodiversity is exaggerated; Heartland Institute --; Urban sprawl threatens biodiversity; Michael L. McKinney --; Urban sprawl may not threaten biodiversity; James R. Dunn --; Damming rivers threatens freshwater biodiversity; Elaine Robbins --; Reckless exploitation of ocean resources threatens marine biodiversity; Elliott Norse --; Commercial agriculture is detrimental to biodiversity; John Tuxill --; Commercial farming practices threaten the genetic diversity of farm animals; Lawrence Alderman --; Capitalism threatens agricultural biodiversity; Linda Featheringill --; Corporate control over genetic resources threatens biodiversity; Vandana Shiva --; Commercial high-yield farming practices preserve biodiversity; Dennis T. Avery --; Genetic engineering may be a boon to biodiversity; Alvin L. Young --; The free market can enhance agricultural biodiversity; David Schap, Andrew T. Young --; The search for biodiversity solutions : an overview; Fred Powledge --; Conservation efforts should focus on biodiversity "hotspots"; Russell A. Mittermeier, Norman Myers, Christina G. Mittermeier --; Conservation efforts should not focus on biodiversity "hotspots"; G. Carleton Ray --; The Convention on Biological Diversity helps protect biodiversity through sustainable development; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity --; The Convention on Biological Diversity is extremist and harmful; Michael Coffman --; Sustainable development and biodiversity preservation are incompatible goals; Kent H. Redford, Brian Richter --; Stabilizing human population growth would help preserve biodiversity; Richard Cincotta, Robert Engelman --; Governments should reduce resource exploitation; Gary Kline --; Preserving cultural and linguistic diversity can help protect biological diversity; David Harmon; 2 ER -