Managing for Healthy Ecosystems
- ISBN-10
- 1420032135
- ISBN-13
- 9781420032130
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 1552
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-10-29
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Authors
- Ardeshir B. Damania, David J. Rapport, Bill L. Lasley
Description
One of the critical issues of our time is the dwindling capacity of the planet to provide life support for a large and growing human population. Based on a symposium on ecosystem health, Managing for Healthy Ecosystems identifies key issues that must be resolved if there is to be progress in this complex area, such as: Evolving methods f
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