Biodiversity (Global Viewpoints)

This book examines the issue of biodiversity, among and within plant and animal species in an environment, from a variety of international perspectives. Readers will evaluate biodiversity and economic development, and its relationships to wildlife, agriculture, and climate change. Perspectives stem from places such as Africa, Iraq, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, India, Australia, Jamaica, and the Arctic Ocean. Essay sources include Kwang-Tsao Shao, Roubina Basous Ghattas, Mizuho Aoki, Zadie Neufville, and the Environment News Service. Ch. 1. Biodiversity and economic development. Business must be given a role in promoting biodiversity / James Griffiths Biodiversity could be casualty of Myanmar openness / Denis D. Gray Development and political conflict threaten Palestine's plant biodiversity / Roubina Basous Ghattas The development of tourism is destroying biodiversity on the Galápagos Islands / Carole Cadwalladr ch. 2. Biodiversity and wildlife. In Africa, locals must be involved in balancing hunting and biodiversity / Kate Lee In Canada, deer overpopulation threatens biodiversity / Peter Arcese and Tara Martin In Iraq, water scarcity and dam building threaten migratory birds / Environment News Service In Japan, invasive fish species threaten biodiversity / Mizuho Aoki In Taiwan, overfishing threatens marine biodiversity and is not sustainable / Kwang-Tsao Shao In Antarctica, fishing fleets threaten albatross species / Becky Allen ch. 3. Biodiversity and agriculture. Biodiversity can help agriculture adapt to climate change / Janet Cotter and Reyes Tirado Widespread local extinctions in tropical forest "remnants" / Space Daily In India, honey harvesting is threatened by dwindling biodiversity / Simone Gie Banking against doomsday / Economist ch. 4. Biodiversity and climate change. Climate change is reducing biodiversity in the Arctic Ocean / William Marsden Threats loom for Australia's outback biodiversity / Targeted News Service Climate change threatens Jamaica's biodiversity / Zadie Neufville International programs can help Indonesia fight climate change and biodiversity loss / Celia A. Harvey, Jonah Busch, and Muhammad Farid Biodiversity loss is as much of an ecological threat as climate change / National Science Foundation. The Global Viewpoints series provides students and other readers with the information they need to explore global connections and think critically about the worldwide implications of global issues.