Protection of Global Biodiversity: Converging Strategies

Durham [North Carolina] ; London: Duke University Press, 1998. viii, 425 pages: illustrations; 24 cm, bibliographical references and index. Unread, unmarked near fine(-) copy with minor edge-wear, incl. a small crease to front wrap lower outer corner. Paperback. ISBN: 0822321505 ((cloth ;); 9780822321507

Contents: Biological extinction: its scope and meaning for us / Peter H. Raven and Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Biodiversity and public policy: the middle of the road / Ariel E. Lugo -- Biotechnology can help reduce the loss of biodiversity / Robert B. Horsch and Robert T. Fraley -- Agricultural industrialization and the loss of biodiversity / Laura L. Jackson -- Ex-situ "library of life" strategy / Gregory Benford -- Sustainable development and north-south trade / Graciela Chichilnisky -- Markets and biodiversity / Geoffrey M. Heal -- Commercialization of indigenous genetic resources as conservation and development policy / R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, and John W. Reid -- Scales, polycentricity, and incentives: designing complexity to govern complexity / Elinor Ostrom -- Halting the loss of biodiversity: international institutional measures / Walther V. Reid -- Rewarding local communities for conserving biodiversity: the case of the honey bee / Anil K. Gupta -- International research on crop plants: strategies for utilizing biotechnology and proprietary products / Gary H. Toenniessen -- Mayagna indigenous community of Nicaragua: moving from conflict to a convergence of interests / S. James Anaya and S. Todd Crider -- Biodiversity prospecting frameworks: the INBio experience in Costa Rica / Ana M. Sittenfeld and Annie Lovejoy -- Biological resources and endangered species: history, values, and policy / Bryan G. Norton -- On the uses of biodiversity / Mark Sagoff -- What to do about biodiversity: the earth's biological riches in law and economics / Christopher D. Stone -- Aspects of intellectual property in biotechnology: some European legal perspectives / Yvonne Cripps -- Animals as inventions: biotechnology and intellectual property rights / Mark Sagoff -- Convention on Biological Diversity: a polemic / Lakshman D. Guruswamy -- Transformative possibilities: reinventing the Convention on Biological Diversity / Brent Hendricks.

Biodiversité -- Conservation. Conservation de la nature. Biodiversité. Biodiversity conservation. Artenreichtum Artenschutz Aufsatzsammlung Naturschutz Naturschutzrecht Biodiversiteit. Natuurbehoud. Biodiversity. Identifier: Denise Fort Water Law Collection