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020			_a9780195175097 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0195175093 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aMMU _cMMU _dMMU _beng
050	0	0	_aQH541.15 .B56 _bS96 2008
245	0	0	_aSustaining life : _bhow human health depends on biodiversity / _cedited by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson ; prologue by Kofi Annan.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2008.
300			_axxiii, 542 p. : _bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; _c29 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.
501			_a"Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Environment Programme; IUCN--The World Conservation Union."
505	0		_aWhat 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.
650		0	_aBiodiversity.
650		0	_aEnvironmental health. _9509
700	1		_aChivian, Eric.
700	1		_aBernstein, Aaron, _d1976-
710	2		_aSecretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
710	2		_aUnited Nations Development Programme.
710	2		_aUnited Nations Environment Programme.
710	2		_aIUCN--The World Conservation Union.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020609.html
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