Loss of Biodiversity (Exploring Environmental Challenges)

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Summary: Loss of Biodiversity
Review: The book deals with the multi-dimensional aspects of the loss of biodiversity. Where biologists consider loss of biodiversity generally as the reduction in the number of species in an ecosystem due to habitat fragmentation, unsustainable land use and related subjects, this book puts loss of biodiversity in a wider perspective. Issues as the ethical perspectives, environmental economics, politics and policymaking, and international cooperation on the loss of biodiversity are raised. All issues are illustrated by examples from practice. Unfortunately most examples are from the U.S., where the majority of the biodiversity hotspots lie in the tropics. The topics raised above might work out differently in these regions of the world. Nevertheless interesting subjects to consider when studying biodiversity and it's rapid loss of it.