Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 The Current State of Biological Diversity; 3 Part 1: Challenges to the Preservation of Biodiversity; 4 Part 2: Human Dependence on Biological Diversity; 5 Part 3: Diversity at Risk: Tropical Forests; 6 Part 4: Diversity at Risk: The Global Perspective; 7 Part 5: The Value of Biodiversity; 8 Part 6: How is Biodiversity Monitored and Protected?; 9 Part 7: Science and Technology: How Can They Help?; 10 Part 8: Restoration Ecology: Can We Recover Lost Ground?; 11 Part 9: Alternatives to Destruction; 12 Part 10: Policies to Protect Diversity; 13 Part 11: Present Problems and Future Prospects; 14 Part 12: Ways of Seeing the Biosphere; 15 Part 13: Epilogue; 16 Index

About the Author

E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, Editor; National Academy of Sciences/Smithsonian Institution