num_pages: 538
description: This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution, Biodiversity creates a systematic framework for analyzing the problem and searching for possible solutions.Table of Contents
language: English
title: Biodiversity
publisher: National Academy of Sciences