Sustaining life  how human health depends on biodiversity. 

 - XXIII, 542 p.  ill. 
<br/><br/> Bibl., index 
<br/><br/> What is biodiversity? -- How is biodiversity threatened by human activity? -- Ecosystem services -- Medicines from nature -- Biodiversity and biomedical research -- Threatened groups of organisms valuable to medicine -- Ecosystem disturbance, biodiversity loss, and human infectious disease -- Biodiversity and food production -- Genetically modified foods and organic farming -- What individuals can do to help conserve biodiversity -- Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-19-517509-7 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biodiversity<br/>Environmental health