The world's stock of species, habitats, and ecosystems are rapidly eroding as the 21st century approaches. This report shows that biological sciences must be taken into account in helping policymakers identify the threats to biodiversity, evaluate conservation tools, and develop successful management strategies to the crisis. The authors provide an overview of where the world's species and genetic resources are located and why they are valuable, a new analysis of species extinction in tropical forests, and a survey of the most recent findings of conservation biology. The report also suggest how these finding can best be used both in situ and ex situ conservation settings adds to the evidence that the biodiversity crisis is threatening marine systems as well. 1989 / 140 pages |
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