TY - BOOK AU - Annan,Kofi AU - Bernstein,Aaron AU - Chivian,Eric AU - Wilson,Edward O.. ED - Harvard medical school. Center for health and the global environment TI - Sustaining life: how human health depends on biodiversity SN - 978-0-19-517509-7 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford university press KW - Biodiversity KW - Environmental health N1 - Bibl., index; 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 ER -