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The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and biotechnology, and threatens food production and water quality. Biodiversity and Human Health brings together leading thinkers on the global environment and biomedicine to explore the human health consequences of the loss of biological diversity. Based on a two-day conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and...
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns. Little mechanistic theory has been formulated to explain the emergence of observed gradients of biodiversity both on land and in the oceans. Based on a comprehensive empirical synthesis of global patterns of species diversity and their drivers, A Theory of Global Biodiversity develops and applies a new theory that can predict such patterns from few underlying processes. The authors show that global patterns of biodiversity fall into four consistent categories, according to where species live: on land or in coastal, pe...
The Global Dialogue on the Role of Food and Agriculture in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework was convened virtually by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 6 and 7 July 2021. This is the summary report of the meeting.
This book investigates competing constructions of areas beyond national jurisdiction, and their role in the creation and articulations of legal principles, providing a broader perspective on the ongoing negotiation at the UN on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
First of its kind and unique in its blend of theoretical and practical approaches for mainstreaming biodiversity in impact assessment.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Table of Legal Materials Cited; Introduction; 1 The International Debate on Access and Benefit-sharing; 1.1 Asymmetries and the Ethical Rationale for ABS; 1.2 An Incentive-based Approach to Biodiversity Conservation and the Economic Rationale for ABS; 1.3 The ABS Provisions of the CBD; 2 From the CBD to the Nagoya Protocol via the Bonn Guidelines; 3 Traditional Knowledge and ABS; 4 Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities as Beneficiaries of the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol.