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41. Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation by Jodi Hilty, William Z. Lidicker Jr., Adina Merenlender | |
Paperback: 344
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(2006-06-01)
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42. The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity (Legal History of North America Series, Vol 5) by Debra L. Donahue | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(1999-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description THE WESTERN RANGE REVISITED proposes a landscape-level strategy forconserving native biological diversity on federal rangelands, astrategy based chiefly on removing livestock from large tracts of aridBLM lands in ten western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. Drawing from range ecology, conservation biology, law, and economics,Debra L. Donahue examines the history of federal grazing policy andthe current debate on federal multiple-use, sustained-yield policiesand changing priorities for our public lands. Donahue, a lawyer andwildlife biologist, uses existing laws and regulations, historicaldocuments, economic statistics, and current scientific thinking tomake a strong case for a land-management strategy that has been, untilnow, "unthinkable." A groundbreaking interdisciplinary work, THE WESTERN RANGE REVISITEDdemonstrates that conserving biodiversity by eliminating or reducinglivestock grazing makes economic sense, is ecologically expedient, andcan be achieved under current law. Cowboys take their lumps, too, from the author's cultural demythologizing: to wit, the so-called rugged individualists of Catron County, New Mexico--a hotbed of antigovernment fervor--collect more federal subsidies than the national average. Why? Because they're trying to live off public land that has been abused for more than a century. Donahue concludes that grazing's "ecological impacts are more widespread than those of any other human activity in the West, and elimination of grazing holds greater potential for benefiting biodiversity than any other single land use measure." That said, the "essential ingredient yet lacking is the political will to oppose a narrow, but powerful, interest group--the deeply entrenched western livestock industry." Whether or not you agree with Donahue's thesis, her controversial book will go a long way toward bringing this debate to a broader audience. --Langdon Cook Customer Reviews (12)
Public Land Grazing nearly Killed Me Permit me to briefly tell you my story with respect to open range grazing. While vacationing at my in-laws in Arizona in 1997, I went down to the San Pedro River with my daughter and some nephews. While the kids played in the water, I sat in the water watching - scratching some bug bites that I'd received the previous day. After several hours, I took a walk upstream about 100 yards, and discovered the body of a dead "open range" cow lying in the river. Five days later, back in California, I awoke to a raging fever with rashes up both legs and a left thumb triple its normal size. After rushing to the hospital and beginning emergency antibiotic treatment, I was diagnosed with an infection by "flesh eating bacteria". Let their be no doubt, my exposure to a antibiotic-doped-up range cow dead in the San Pedro River was the cause of my ailment. After five days and 39 pints of antibiotics, I went home with a thumb joint that is fused and unusable. If not for the presently effective antibiotics still available to humans, I would have had my left hand amputated. Debra's book touches upon the ecological destruction that is done on Western grazing lands for the sake of partially producting 3% of the U.S. beef production. (All these cows must be sent to a feed lot to be fed adequately for butchering.) You must read this book and you must act upon it -- it's for all our sake.
Terrible book
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Rachel Carson Redux Permit me to briefly tell you my story with respect to open range grazing. While vacationing at my in-laws in Arizona in 1997, I went down to the San Pedro River with my daughter and some nephews.While the kids played in the water, I sat in the water watching - scratching some bug bites that I'd received the previous day.After several hours, I took a walk upstream about 100 yards, and discovered the body of a dead "open range" cow lying in the river. Five days later, back in California, I awoke to a ranging fever with rashes up both legs and a left thumb triple its normal size.After rushing to the hospital and beginning emergency antibiotic treatment, I was diagnosed with "flesh eating bacteria". Let their be no doubt, my exposure to a antibiotic-doped-up range cow dead in the San Pedro River was the cause of my ailment. After five days and 39 pints of antibiotics, I went home with a thumb joint that is fused and unusable.If not for modern antibiotics, I would have had my left hand amputated. Debra's book touches upon the ecological destruction that is done on Western grazing lands for the sake of partially producting 3% of the U.S. beef production.(All these cows must be sent to a feed lot to be fed adequately for butchering.)You must read this book and you must act upon it -- it's for all our sake. ... Read more |
43. International Law and Indigenous Knowledge: Intellectual Property, Plant Biodiversity, and Traditional Medicine by Chidi Oguamanam | |
Hardcover: 416
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(2006-10-21)
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Editorial Review Product Description In the past, efforts to reconcile the western concept of intellectual property with indigenous knowledge have not taken into account the schism between this knowledge and western scientific forms. As knowledge assumes increasing importance in the quest for self-determination, cultural survival, and economic empowerment, the gulf between indigenous and western scientific knowledge assumes a new meaning. In International Law and Indigenous Knowledge, Chidi Oguamanam argues that the crisis of legitimacy indigenous knowledge poses for the intellectual property system compels a re-thinking of the concept of intellectual property itself. Drawing on interdisciplinary research,International Law and Indigenous Knowledge takes as its framework the legal doctrinal methodology, focusing on international legal and policy developments regarding the protection of indigenous knowledge. Using traditional medicine and biodiversity to illustrate his thesis, Oguamanam argues that recent international legal and policy developments in the direction of a cross-cultural approach to intellectual property rights are desirable trends. Such developments come closer to addressing the rift between western and non-western knowledge systems as well as the crisis of legitimacy in the conventional intellectual property system. |
44. Catalog of Fishes (Special Publication No. 1 of the Center for Biodiversity Res) by William N. Eschmeyer, Carl J., Jr. Ferraris, Mysi D. Hoang, Douglas J. Long | |
Hardcover: 2905
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(1998-05)
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Catalog of Fishes |
45. One Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity by Nicolas Hulot | |
Hardcover: 384
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(2006-04-01)
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Highly recommended top pick. |
46. The Idea of Biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise by Professor David Takacs | |
Hardcover: 500
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(1996-11-20)
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Editorial Review Product Description "At places distant from where you are, but also uncomfortably close," writes David Takacs, "a holocaust is under way. People are slashing, hacking, bulldozing, burning, poisoning, and otherwise destroying huge swaths of life on Earth at a furious pace." And a cadre of ecologists and conservation biologists has responded, vigorously promoting a new definition of nature: biodiversity--advocating it in Congress and on the Tonight Show; whispering it into the ears of foreign leaders; redefining the boundaries of science and politics, ethics and religion, nature and our ideas of nature. These scientists have infused the environmental movement with new focus and direction, but by engaging in such activities, they jeopardize the societal trust that allows them to be public spokespersons for nature in the first place. The Idea of Biodiversity analyzes what biodiversity represents to the biologists who operate in broader society on its behalf, drawing on in-depth interviews with the scientists most active today in the mission to preserve biodiversity, including Peter Raven, Thomas Lovejoy, Jane Lubchenco, and Paul Ehrlich. Takacs explores how and why these biologists shaped the concept of biodiversity and promoted it to society at large--examining their definitions of biodiversity; their opinions about spirituality and its role in scientific work; the notion of biodiversity as something of intrinsic value; and their views on biophilia, E. O. Wilson's idea that humans are genetically predisposed to love nature. Takacs also looks at the work of twentieth-century forerunners of today's conservation biologists--Aldo Leopold, Charles S. Elton, Rachel Carson, David Ehrenfeld--and points out their contributions to the current debates. He takes readers to Costa Rica, where a group of scientists is using biodiversity to remake nature and society. And in an extended section, he profiles the thoughts and work of E. O. Wilson. "When I'm asked, 'should we save this species orthat species, or this place or that place?' the answer is always 'Yes!' with an exclamation point. Because it's obvious. And if you ask me to justify it, then I switch into a more cognitive consciousness and can start giving you reasons, economic reasons, aesthetic reasons. They're all dualistic, in a sense. But the feeling that underlies it is that 'yes!' And that 'yes!' comes out of the affirmation of being part of it all, being part of this whole evolutionary process. And agreeing with Arne Naess that each species, each entity, should be allowed to continue its evolution and to live out its destiny... just do its thing, as we say. Why not? And the 'why not?' is there's too many people."--Michael E. Soule, from an interview in The Idea of Biodiversity "An important contribution, a first distanced examination of a critical, modern topic by a scholarly, honest broker."--E. O. Wilson, Harvard University Customer Reviews (1)
If you care about the earth |
47. Parasite Biodiversity by Robert Poulin, Serge Morand | |
Hardcover: 224
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(2005-01-17)
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Editorial Review Product Description This comprehensive, groundbreaking book on the biodiversity of parasites offers a clear and accessible explanation of how parasite biodiversity provides insight into the history and biogeography of other organisms, the structure of ecosystems, and the processes that lead to the diversification of life. |
48. Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States | |
Hardcover: 399
Pages
(2000-03-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description Precious Heritage draws together for the first time a quarter century of information on U.S. biodiversity developed by natural heritage programs from across the country. This richly illustrated volume not only documents those aspects of U.S. biodiversity that are particularly noteworthy, but also considers how our species and ecosystems are faring, what is threatening them, and what is needed to protect the nation's remaining natural inheritance. Above all, Precious Heritage is a celebration of the extraordinary biological diversity of the United States. Customer Reviews (2)
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Excellent for both environemtnalist and professionals |
49. Connecticut Wildlife: Biodiversity, Natural History and Conservation by Geoffrey A. Hammerson | |
Paperback: 488
Pages
(2004-05-01)
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A lot of info for a little state |
50. Pomegranate Roads: A Soviet Botanist's Exile from Eden by Gregory M. Levin | |
Paperback: 183
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(2006-11-30)
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A must have for botany geeks!
A trip in time and Flora
Best book on Pomegranate history available
An Adventure in Pomegranates!
Exploring the life of an explorer |
51. The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Vol. 2: Conserving Biodiversity in Human-Dominated Landscapes | |
Paperback: 376
Pages
(2006-06-21)
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52. Biodiversity Databases: Techniques, Politics, and Applications (Systematics Association Special Volumes) | |
Hardcover: 208
Pages
(2007-04-25)
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Editorial Review Product Description A practical and logical guide to complex issues, the book explores the changes and challenges of the information age. It discusses projects developed to provide better access to all available biodiversity information. The chapters make the case for the need for representation of concepts in taxonomic databases. They explore issues involved in connecting databases with different user interfaces, the technical demands of linking databases that are not entirely uniform in structure, and the problems of user access and the control of data quality. The book highlights different approaches to addressing concerns associated with the taxonomic impediment and the low reproducibility of taxonomic data. It provides an in-depth examination of the challenge of making taxonomic information more widely available to users in the wider scientific community, in government, and the general population. |
53. Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring Global Aquatic Biodiversity and Fishery Resources by Gene S. Helfman | |
Paperback: 688
Pages
(2007-07-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description Fish Conservation offers, for the first time in a single volume, a readable reference with a global approach to marine and freshwater fish diversity and fishery resource issues. Gene Helfman brings together available knowledge on the decline and restoration of freshwater and marine fishes, providing ecologically sound answers to biodiversity declines as well as to fishery management problems at the subsistence, recreational, and commercial levels. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book: The final chapter integrates topics and evaluates prospects for arresting declines, emphasizing the application of evolutionary and ecological principles in light of projected trends. Throughout, Helfman provides examples, explores case studies, and synthesizes available information from a broad taxonomic, habitat, and geographic range. Fish Conservation summarizes the current state of knowledge about the degradation and restoration of diversity among fishes and the productivity of fishery resources, pointing out areas where progress has been made and where more needs to be done. Solutions focus on the application of ecological knowledge to solving practical problems, recognizing that effective biodiversity conservation depends on meeting human needs through management that focuses on long term sustainability and an ecosystem perspective. Customer Reviews (2)
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54. Wild Solutions: How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank, Second Edition by Director Andrew Beattie, Professor Paul R. Ehrlich | |
Paperback: 288
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(2004-08-11)
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Editorial Review Product Description We humans, Beattie and Ehrlich suggest, are only beginning to understand thatecological health depends on the diversity of nature, a diversity thatembraces mosquitoes. By way of illustration, they cite an experiment inwhich scientists created a sealed environment that was meant to approximateconditions in a self-supporting extraterrestrial colony--and that failed,in the end, because the scientists neglected to introduce easily overlookedbut nonetheless critical microorganisms. "We are dependent in the shortterm," they write, "on many more kinds of organisms than it would seem atfirst glance." And, they add, humans directly benefit from the servicesthat millions of species provide, whether appreciated or not. To removethose species, the authors argue, is akin to squandering a carefully built andirreplaceable fortune, "our biological wealth, our biological capital."Their thoughtful essay offers many reasons for curbing this spending spree.--Gregory McNamee Customer Reviews (6)
Not for the well informed
Brilliant!
A HUGE disappointment.
Educating the general public on the value of natural systems (Or, more realistically, chemical conglomerates, pharmaceutical giants, and construction multinationals might better their bottom line and reduce pollution and the destruction of the environment through the use of ecologically viable solutions.) The text, written by Australian biologist Andrew Beattie with perhaps more than symbolic assistance from famed population biologist Paul Ehrlich, is unpretentious enough to be accessible to high school students; indeed it seems in some respects, by using a minimum of jargon and technical language, to be aimed at young people.There is an emphasis on the positive aspects of bioremediation and biotechnology rather than sounding any alarm bells about our misuse of the environment.Thus when animals are to be employed as biological monitors of pollution (as the canary is used in the coal mine) the text assures us that rare or endangered species will not be used.Or when pigs are employed (on islands north of Australia) as sentinel animals that might warn of disease traveling south, we are told that they live in pens under "palm trees that rustle in the balmy sea breezes" and that the pigs "snooze or root about in the sand and coconut husks" and are tossed leftovers by passing villagers several times a day "from the family meal or some other delicacy." (p. 160) The authors follow the introduction with these important words, "The majority of species on Earth have yet to be discovered." (By the way, those who think that the identification of species is like glorified stamp collecting, as I recently read in some book, are very much mistaken.An accounting of life forms, at the very least, will give us a basis for examining change.)Beattie and Ehrlich follow this up with an exploration of how species live in, on, and with one another, laying the groundwork for an understanding of biodiversity and ecology while showing how dependent we are on the smallest creatures for our survival.They recall the failed Biosphere 2 experiment some years ago in Arizona and use a thought experiment on what we might take to the moon to establish and maintain a natural community, thereby demonstrating beyond any doubt just how complex and connected and dependent are all forms of life.They evoke the concept "the natural internet" to illustrate this interconnectedness and to show how natural cycles, food chains, water and nitrogen cycles, etc., work.Particularly interesting was the chapter on garbage and how the myriad creatures of the soil break down waste and return it to use.The remainder of the book suggests ways that humans can work within natural systems to both our advantage and the advantage of the planet as a whole.It is sorely hoped that this message reaches a lot of people, which is obviously the intent of the authors. The text is enhanced by appealing black and white illustrations of insects, worms, spiders, microbes, fungi and other living things by Christine Turnbull, done in a way that makes the creatures look almost lovable.Turnbull combines a serious attention to detail with the light touch of a cartoonist.Or at least this is my impression.I imagined, for example, that the immobilized ant on the title page with a fungus growing out of its body had an cartoonist's "x" in its eye; but that was merely a misapprehension; there was no "x."Yet the death of this ant eaten from the inside by a fungus seemed almost benign.Perhaps this is a felicitous way of understanding "nature red in tooth and claw."Furthermore, (and I mean this seriously) maybe if people in general saw ecology in something like the rosy way Disney depicted it in Bambi (but without the distortion) we might be the better for it. Anyway I admire the attempt by the authors to show how the use of natural products and processes are preferable to the use of artificial and man-made ones whenever possible, and for suggesting the incredible range of what is possible.I wish that all high school students and CEOs of multinational corporations would read this book.Or better yet, heads of state (even dictators and ruling theocrats) and elected representatives whose education has been primarily in law, business and the military, should read this book.Maybe we ought to buy an extra copy and send it to our representative in Washington.Couldn't hurt. Bottom line: the text is a little pollyannaish at times and the material is familiar to those trained in the life sciences, but the message is an important one, and that message is expressed in a vivid and easily assimilated way.The drawings by Turnbull are wonderful.
An Outstanding Argument for Conservation As the case of Biosphere Two clearly showed the world, placing a value on the importance of a species without knowing its role in ecosystems and food chains, merely based on arrogant and selfish notions of whether or not we derive some value from it is foolhardy.Biosphere Two also showed us that humanity can not do without Nature, but Nature, given its multi-billion year history, can and has done without us.The authors liken the world's creatures to a natural internet that is responsible for the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the rich fertile soil that we depend upon for the food that we eat.All of these gifts from Nature, unfortunately, are being tainted, damaged and destroyed by the greedy and selfish actions of humanity.Although many of the example organisms may not be new to some readers, the way in which these organisms interact, and the way in which Humanity has taken advantage of these interactions to enrich our lives gives all a deeper understanding of the importance of these and other organisms. While some may criticize the call to save the natural world for economic gain, no one can argue with the authors' assertion that the natural world has served and will continue to serve as a basis for the development of new industries.Nor can it be argued that the natural world will become more important as a springboard for the solution to some of mankind's most pressing problems.While I firmly believe that the preservation of species and habitats solely for present or future economic exploitation is both arrogant and shortsighted, it tends to remain the only way to convince the world powers and corporate sultans to tread lightly around environments and habitats.Such a state of affairs is at once both deplorable and depressing, but I am optimistic that sane minds will rise above the current economically inspired rapacious environmental pillage and eventually prevail. I fully acknowledge that our callous interference in natural evolutionary processes is a foolish gamble, and this book serves as indisputable proof.Many lifetimes of benefits are waiting to be discovered among Nature's bountiful gifts, and this book inspires me to find a few of them. ... Read more |
55. Biodiversity and the Precautionary Principle: Risk and Uncertainty in Conservation and Sustainable Use | |
Paperback: 272
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(2006-01)
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56. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century (Ecological Studies) by O.E. Sala, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, E. Huber-Sannwald | |
Paperback: 392
Pages
(2001-09-01)
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57. Biodiversity in Environmental Assessment: Enhancing Ecosystem Services for Human Well-Being (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) by Roel Slootweg, Asha Rajvanshi, Vinod B. Mathur, Arend Kolhoff | |
Paperback: 456
Pages
(2009-12-14)
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58. The Gulf of California: Biodiversity and Conservation (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Studies in Natural History) | |
Hardcover: 354
Pages
(2010-06-30)
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59. Drafting a Conservation Blueprint: A Practitioner's Guide To Planning For Biodiversity by Craig Groves | |
Paperback: 480
Pages
(2003-05-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description Drafting a Conservation Blueprint lays out for the first time in book form a step-by-step planning process for conserving the biological diversity of entire regions. In an engaging and accessible style, the author explains how to develop a regional conservation plan and offers experience-based guidance that brings together relevant information from the fields of ecology, conservation biology, planning, and policy. Individual chapters outline and discuss the main steps of the planning process, including: A concluding section offers advice on turning conservation plans into action, along with specific examples from around the world. The book brings together a wide range of information about conservation planning that is grounded in both a strong scientific foundation and in the realities of implementation. |
60. Protecting Biodiversity: National Laws Regulating Access to Genetic Resources in the Americas | |
Paperback: 100
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(2000-03)
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