Wild Solutions : How Biodiversity Is Money in the Bank,9780300076363

Wild Solutions : How Biodiversity Is Money in the Bank

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ISBN13: 9780300076363
ISBN10: 0300076363
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2001-03-11
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

We live on an unexplored planet, ignorant of more than eighty percent of the species that share our world. In this fascinating and abundantly illustrated book, two eminent ecologists discuss the biological diversity of the Earth, showing how the natural systems that surround us play an essential role in protecting our basic life-support systems.

Andrew Beattie and Paul Ehrlich tell us about the millions of species providing ecosystem services that maintain the quality of our air and water and the fertility of the soil, dispose of domestic, industrial, and agricultural waste, and protect crops from pests. The authors also describe how biological diversity opens the way for new medicines, pharmaceuticals, construction materials and designs, and manufactured goods. They point to innovative industries that harness species for the biological repair of damaged landscapes, biological mining, biological pest control, and biomonitoring of the environment. The organisms upon which these activities are founded -- although often microscopic, obscure, or bizarre -- provid

Author Biography

Andrew Beattie is director of the Commonwealth Key Centre for Biodiversity and Bioresources, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction
1(8)
Exploring a Little-Known Planet
9(30)
Basic Survival
39(13)
The Natural Internet
52(17)
Thirst: Ecosystems and the World's Water Supply
69(8)
Garbage Red in Tooth and Claw
77(30)
Natural Enemies Are Best Friends
107(18)
Naturally Selected
125(18)
Miners' Canaries and Sentinel Pigs
143(18)
Chemical Engineers
161(20)
Blueprints and Inspiration from the Wild
181(21)
Wild Medicine
202(20)
Savings and Loans
222(7)
Recommended Reading 229(4)
Index 233

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