Managing for Healthy Ecosystems
By:"David J. Rapport","Bill L. Lasley","Dennis E. Rolston","N. Ole Nielsen","Calvin O. Qualset","Ardeshir B. Damania"
Published on 2002-10-29 by CRC Press
One of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as: Evolving methods for regional ecosystem health assessment employing complex adaptive systems coupled with adaptive technologies to permit accurate determination of changes in regional and global environments Issues and methods for assessing, monitoring, and managing diversity and its impact on human health in the context of climate change, agroecosystems, restoration of forests, politics, culture, and tradition. Leading thinkers in the field provide a coherent synthesis and a benchmark for the practice of this emerging field worldwide. The more than 100 peer-reviewed papers are grouped into three major parts. The first, \
This Book was ranked 32 by Google Books for keyword Biodiversity and Health.
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