Biodiversity and Human Health |
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Editor:
| Grifo, Francesca Rosenthal, Joshua |
Foreword by:
| Lovejoy, Thomas |
Contribution by:
| Bell, Jensa Bhattacharya, Bhaswati Boyd, Michael Campbell, Mary Chivian, Eric Cox, Paul Cragg, Gordon Dobson, Andrew P. Duffy-Mazan, Kate Engelman, Robert Epstein, Paul Fairfield, Alexandra Grupenhoff, John Janzen, Dan Laughlin, Catherine Mays, Tom McCaleb, Robert Moran, Katy Newman, David Peters, Charles Reid, Walter Vandermeer, John Artuso, Anthony Bailey, Byron |
ISBN: | 978-1-55963-500-4 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1997 |
Publisher: | Island Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $202.00 |
Book Description:
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The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and ......
The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and ......