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Nature Environmental Conservation & Protection

Biodiversity in Canada

Ecology, Ideas, and Action

by (author) Stephen Bocking

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Initial publish date
Jan 2000
Category
Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551112381
    Publish Date
    Jan 2000
    List Price
    $46.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442602373
    Publish Date
    Jan 2000
    List Price
    $35.95

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Clearcut forests, endangered species, national parks, loss of crop varieties: in the last decade the common element of these varied concerns has become widely recognized. These are all biodiversity issues: they relate to the variety of life on Earth and our relationship with it. This relationship is now capturing the attention of activists, scientists, policymakers, and the public, from negotiations at the United Nations to concerns about the neighborhood park.

Biodiversity issues raise many questions. How many species are there, and what do they need to survive? How have we learned what we know about biodiversity? What is its value? What policies are needed to protect it? Who participates in protecting biodiversity: governments, industry, activists?

This book explores answers to these questions and, in doing so, shows how biodiversity, like other complex environmental issues, can only be understood through the insights provided by many perspecives. The authors contributing to this volume include scientists, historians, anthropologists, lawyers, political scientists, economists, and planners. Together, they provide an interdisciplinary perspective on biodiversity in Canada, especially usefol for undergraduate courses in environmental and natural resource studies, geography, and political science.

About the author

Stephen Bocking teaches in Environmental and Resource Studies program at Trent University. He has written numerous academic articles; his book, Ecologists and Environmental Politics: A History of Contemporary Ecology, was published by Yale University Press in 1997.

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