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Our uncommon heritage: biodiversity change, ecosystem services, and human wellbeing/
"Biodiversity change is the biggest environmental problem of our time. It leads to much more than species extinctions, affecting the food we eat, the diseases we face, our vulnerability to fire and flood, and our ability to adapt to climate change. Our Uncommon Heritage explores the many dimens...
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Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=bBgmAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Our+uncommon+heritage+by+Charles+Perrings&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwg9bc4bzTAhUHQY8KHbMQCRoQ6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=Our%20uncommon%20heritage%20by%20Charles%20Perrings&f=false |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Foreword; Preface; 1. Biodiversity change; Part I. Diagnosing the Biodiversity Change Problem: 2. Biodiversity in the modern world; 3. Biodiversity and ecosystem services; 4. Biodiversity loss, sustainability and stability; 5. Biodiversity externalities and public goods; 6. Poverty alleviation and biodiversity change; 7. Globalization: trade, aid, and the dispersal of species; Part II. The Search for Solutions: 8. Getting the prognosis right; 9. Understanding what is lost; 10. Managing risk, uncertainty, and irreversibility in biodiversity change; 11. Conservation incentives and payments for ecosystems services; 12. Paying for International environmental public goods; 13. Strengthening the biodiversity-related multilateral agreements; 14. Genetic resources and the poor; 15. Redirecting biodiversity change; Index.