TY - BOOK AU - Chivian,Eric AU - Bernstein,Aaron ED - Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. ED - United Nations Development Programme. ED - United Nations Environment Programme. ED - IUCN--The World Conservation Union. TI - Sustaining life: how human health depends on biodiversity SN - 9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - QH541.15.B56 S96 2008 U1 - 333.95/16 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Biodiversity KW - Environmental health N1 - "Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index; What is biodiversity? -- How is biodiversity threatened by human activity? -- Ecosystem services -- Medicines from nature -- Biodiversity and biomedical research -- Threatened groups of organisms valuable to medicine -- Ecosystem disturbance, biodiversity loss, and human infectious disease -- Biodiversity and food production -- Genetically modified foods and organic farming -- What individuals can do to help conserve biodiversity -- Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020609.html ER -