Protection of global biodiversity: converging strategies / Lakshman D. Guruswamy and Jeffrey A. McNeely, editors

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Acknowledgments.. Introduction.. I. Identifying the Problem: An Overview.. Biological Extinction: Its Scope and Meaning for Us.. Biodiversity and Public Policy: The Middle of the Road.. II. Scientific Responses.. Biotechnology Can Help Reduce the Loss of Biodiversity.. Agricultural Industrialization and the Loss of Biodiversity.. An Ex Situ "Library of Life" Strategy.. III. Economic Responses.. Sustainable Development and North-South Trade.. Markets and Biodiversity.. The Commercialization of Indigenous Genetic Resources as Conservation and Development Policy.. IV. Institutional Responses.. Scales, Polycentricity, and Incentives: Designing Complexity to Govern Complexity.. Halting the Loss of Biodiversty: International Institutional Measures.. Rewarding Local Communities for Conserving Biodiversity: The Case of the Honey Bee.. International Research on Crop Plants: Strategies for Utilizing Biotechnology and Proprietary Products.. The Mayagna Indigenous Community of Nicaragua: Moving from Conflict to a Convergence of Interests.. Biodiversity Prospecting Frameworks: The INBio Experience in Costa Rica.. V. Moral Responses.. Biological Resources and Endangered Species: History, Values, and Policy.. On the Uses of Biodiversity.. VI. Legal Implementation.. What to Do About Biodiversity: The Earth's Biological Riches in Law and Economics.. Aspects of Intellectual Property in Biotechnology: Some European Legal Perspectives.. Animals as Inventions: Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights.. The Convention of Biological Diversity: A Polemic.. Transformative Possibilities: Reinventing the Convention on Biological Diversity.. Conclusion: How to Save the Biodiversity of Planet Earth.. Appendix.. Contributors.. Index

The rate of extinction of biological species is greater today than at any time in the last 65 million years. Some predict that if this rate continues, two-thirds of all living species will disappear during the next century. Because reaching consensus on specific courses of action involves complex issues, any adequate response to this impending crisis must include coverage of many areas of inquiry and understanding. Protection of Global Biodiversity features essays by distinguished international experts who communicate with each other across disciplinary boundaries to address the challenge of formulating policies to protect biodiversity. Although the global community has recently adopted a Convention of Biological Diversity, the agreement sets forth only abstract goals. Contributors to this volume advance the Convention's initial steps by providing workable solutions that can be implemented regionally, nationally, and locally. The contributors-including natural, social, and political scientists; economists; lawyers; and environmentalists; and decisionmakers in business, agriculture, and government-have united to create a common discourse and to evaluate and propose strategies for halting this alarming loss of biodiversity. In recognizing the diverse aspects of this task-scientific, economic, institutional, moral, and legal-this book presents a new picture of emerging action. eng