R. Kerry Turner
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 600
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This reader contains 35 reprinted magazine articles divided into four sections. Part I explores basic scientific and economic definitions, principles and methodological problems surrounding biodiversity. The readings in the second part evaluate the consequences of biodiversity loss and their significance in terms of social impacts. Part III deals with value capture mechanisms and the practicalities of their implementation in a number of different socio-economic and cultural settings. An overview of the ethical questions and answers that biodiversity conservation policy often stimulate is presented in the final section. Lacks a subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
