Implementing Ecological Integrity Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health (Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Contributors: Philippe Crabbé (Editor); Alan J. Holland (Editor); Lech Ryszkowski (Editor); L. Westra (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780792363514
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science; Human Ecology; Environmental Studies; Life Sciences - Ecology; Science/Mathematics; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Ecological integrity; Restoration ecology; Ecology; Congresses; Environmental health
First sentence: The impact of human beings on our planet has been so extended and amplified by technology that our presence as a species can no longer be considered part of natural evolutionary ecological processes.